In one, dated October 27, 1520, he says:--
"For I know how much the Pope values you, and when he speaks of
you it is as if he were speaking of his own brother, almost with
tears in his eyes; for he has told me that you were brought up
together, and shows that he knows and loves you. But you frighten
everybody, even Popes!"(124)
Michael Angelo seems to have taken exception to the remark, for Sebastiano
in his next letter but one says:--
"As to what you reply to me about your terribleness, I for my part
do not find you terrible; and if I have not written to you about
this, do not wonder, for you do not appear to me terrible except
only in art--that is to say, the greatest master that has ever
been; so it seems to me if I am in error I am to blame. I have no
more to say. Christ keep you safe. 9th day of November, 1520.
Remember me to friend Leonardo and to Master Pier Francesco.
"Your most faithful gossip,
"BASTIANO, Painter, in Rome.
"The Lord Michael Angelo de Bonarotis, the most worthy sculptor,
Florence."(125)
After Michael Angelo had been dismissed from the work of the facade of San
Lorenzo he appears to have remained quietly at Florence, possibly engaged
upon the marbles for the Tomb of Julius II. About the same time, at the
instigation of the Cardinal de' Medici, he began to design the new
sacristy and the tombs at San Lorenzo.
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