[122] Gaye, "Carteggio inedito d'artisti," 1839, Vol. III, p. 131.
[123] The Florentine Academy of Painters had just been founded in 1563, and Michelangelo had been unanimously chosen as a president together with Cosmo de' Medici, January 31, 1563.
[124] The Duke was not there, Cellini was ill and could not come and Francesco da San Gallo did not appear.
[125] Daniele da Volterra had offered to make a sketch for the tomb with his assistant, Jacopo del Duca, but Vasari's jealousy prevented it. Daniele died April 4, 1566, after having made rough models for three busts of Michelangelo which Jacopo del Duca or Michele Alberti finished after him.
[126] See the detailed account of the obsequies; "Esequie del divino Michelangelo," Florence, Giunti, 1564. Varchi wrote the "Orazione funerale."
[127] Letter of October, 1509.
[128] Letter of March, 1548, to Lionardo Buonarroto.
[129] Condivi.
[130] See the Lezione of Benedetto Varchi on the sonnet of Michelangelo, "Non ha l'ottimo Artista...."