It is also certain that, during the last months of the siege, he found leisure to paint a picture of Leda for the Duke of Ferrara, which will be mentioned in its proper place.
Florence surrendered in the month of August 1530.

The terms were drawn up by Don Ferrante Gonzaga, who commanded the Imperial forces after the death of Filiberto, Prince of Orange, in concert with the Pope's commissary-general, Baccio Valori.

Malatesta Baglioni, albeit he went about muttering that Florence "was no stable for mules" (alluding to the fact that all the Medici were bastards), approved of the articles, and showed by his conduct that he had long been plotting treason.

The act of capitulation was completed on the 12th, and accepted unwillingly by the Signory.

Valori, supported by Baglioni's military force, reigned supreme in the city, and prepared to reinstate the exiled family of princes.