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Commend me to him, and I commend myself to you. "Your MICHAEL ANGELO BUONARROTA, in Rome. "The 23 day of February, 1556." Was ever servant loved after this fashion by his master? Urbino appointed Michael Angelo as one of his executors, and the old man fulfilled his irksome duties with fidelity. Urbino’s brother was Raphael’s well-known pupil Il Fattore.
Who but God could have graven Michael Angelo; who came so near to graving the Mother of God? He had two sons, Berlinghieri and Buonarrota. By this name recurring frequently in later generations, the family came to be called. Buonarotti is perhaps the old Lombard Beonrad, corresponding to the word Bonroth. Corresponding names are Mackrodt, Osterroth, Leonard." And so on, and so on, and so on.
This may have brought Michelangelo to Florence, for he was there upon the 11th of August 1508, as appears from the following deed of renunciation: "In the year of our Lord 1508, on the 11th day of August, Michelangelo, son of Lodovico di Lionardo di Buonarrota, repudiated the inheritance of his uncle Francesco by an instrument drawn up by the hand of Ser Giovanni di Guasparre da Montevarchi, notary of Florence, on the 27th of July 1508."
To BUONARROTO DI LODOVICO DI BUONARROTA, in Florence. From ROME, the 17th of October, 1509. "BUONARROTO,—I got the bread: it is good, but it is not good enough to make a trade of, for there would be little gain. I gave the knave five carlini, and he would hardly hand it over. I learn by your last how Lorenzo will pass this way, and how I am to give him a good reception.
I think, according to what is rumoured here, the Pope will leave about the time of Carnival. "The first day of February, 1506. "MICHAEL ANGELO DI LODOVICO "DI BUONARROTA SIMONI, "Sculptor, in Bologna." Notwithstanding this warning, the silly old man, his father, wrote a scolding letter to his son about the workmen. Michael Angelo’s humble reply was dated February 8, 1507.
In the case of the Florentine Simoni, it may be ascribed to the period when Buonarrota di Simone Simoni held office as a captain of the Guelf party . Such, then, was the paternal coat borne by the subject of this Memoir.
Michael Angelo was naturally indignant at his action, but Julius, who probably was the only man who knew Michael Angelo’s scheme, commanded him to complete his work. We gather from a letter to his father that the scaffolding for completing the painting of the vault was not put up on September 7, 1510. To LODOVICO DI BUONARROTA SIMONI, in Florence. From ROME, September 7, 1510.
The trouble he had in his household arrangements before the time of his trusted servant, Urbino, may be illustrated by a letter relating to the boy he got from Florence about this time. He never would have a woman to work for him in any way. "To LODOVICO DI BUONARROTA SIMONI, in Florence.