We conclude from it that, at the time of its redaction, Michelangelo must have succeeded to his father's estate.
The death of Lodovico and Buonarroto, happening within a space of little more than five years, profoundly affected Michelangelo's mind, and left an indelible mark of sadness on his life.

One of his best poems, a _capitolo_, or piece of verse in _terza rima_ stanzas, was written on the occasion of his father's decease.

In it he says that Lodovico had reached the age of ninety.

If this statement be literally accurate, the old man must have died in 1534, since he was born upon the 11th of June 1444.

But up to the present time, as I have observed above, the exact date of his death has not been discovered.