Among other items, I have bound him to furnish six statues by his own hand, which will be a world in themselves, because they are sure to be incomparable.

The rest he may have finished by some sculptor at his own choice, provided the work is done under his direction.

The Pope allows him to come twice a year to Rome, for periods of two months each, in order to push the work forward.

And he is to execute the whole at his own costs." He proceeds to say, that since the tomb cannot be put up in S.Peter's, S.Pietro in Vincoli has been selected as the most suitable church.

It appears that the Duke's ratification was sent upon the 5th of June and placed in the hands of Clement, so that Michelangelo probably did not see it for some months.