On the 26th of the same month Benvenuto della Volpaia wrote, repeating what the Pope had written in his brief, and adding that his Holiness desired him to select some workshop more convenient for his health than the cold and cheerless sacristy.
In spite of Clement's orders that Michelangelo should confine himself strictly to working on the Medicean monuments, he continued to be solicited with various commissions.

Thus the Cardinal Cybo wrote in December begging him to furnish a design for a tomb which he intended to erect.

Whether Michelangelo consented is not known.
Early in December Sebastiano resumed his communications on the subject of the tomb of Julius, saying that Michelangelo must not expect to satisfy the Duke without executing the work, in part at least, himself.

"There is no one but yourself that harms you: I mean, your eminent fame and the greatness of your works.

I do not say this to flatter you.