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The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti

CHAPTER IV
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But no; there was a fifth act, a fourth contract, a fifth design.

Paul III.

succeeded to Clement VII., and, having seen the Moses in Michelangelo's workshop, declared that this one statue was enough for the deceased Pope's tomb.

The Duke Francesco Maria della Rovere died in 1538, and was succeeded by his son, Guidobaldo II.

The new Duke's wife was a granddaughter of Paul III., and this may have made him amenable to the Pope's influence.


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