Now Michelangelo, in his poem on Lodovico's death, says very decidedly that his father was ninety when he breathed his last.

If we take this literally, it must be inferred that he died after the middle of June 1534.

There are many reasons for supposing that Michelangelo was in Florence when this happened.

The chief of these is that no correspondence passed between the Buonarroti brothers on the occasion, while Michelangelo's minutes regarding the expenses of his father's burial seem to indicate that he was personally responsible for their disbursement.

I may finally remark that the schedule of property belonging to Michelangelo, recorded under the year 1534 in the archives of the Decima at Florence, makes no reference at all to Lodovico.