His domestic correspondence, which at this period becomes more copious and interesting, contains a good deal of information concerning his residence at Bologna.

His mode of life, as usual, was miserable and penurious in the extreme.

This man, about whom popes and cardinals and gonfaloniers had been corresponding, now hired a single room with one bed in it, where, as we have seen, he slept together with his three assistants.

There can be no doubt that such eccentric habits prevented Michelangelo from inspiring his subordinates with due respect.

The want of control over servants and workmen, which is a noticeable feature of his private life, may in part be attributed to this cause.