Yet he cannot be said to have raised any first-rate men of genius, or to have exercised a very wise patronage over those whom Julius brought forward.

Michelangelo and Raffaello were in the full swing of work when Leo claimed their services.

We shall see how he hampered the rare gifts of the former by employing him on uncongenial labours; and it was no great merit to give a free rein to the inexhaustible energy of Raffaello.

The project of a new S.Peter's belonged to Julius.

Leo only continued the scheme, using such assistants as the times provided after Bramante's death in 1514.