coes of the Pauline
Chapel.

1542 August 20. Last agreement for the
monument of Julius II.

1544 June. Serious illness of
Michelangelo, who was cared for in
the palace of the Strozzi.

1545 February Completion of the monument
of Julius II in S. Pietro
in Vinculi.

1545-1546 Titian in Rome.

1546 January. Serious illness of Work on the cornice of the
Michelangelo. He gives the Slaves Farnese palace.
to the Strozzi.

1547 January 1. Michelangelo named by
Paul III architect of St. Peter's.

1547 February 25. Death of Vittoria Work on the Capitol.
Colonna.

1549 November 10. Death of Paul III.

1550 February 8. Election of Julius III. Work on the Vigna del Papa
Giulio and the
reconstruction of the
Belvedere stairway.

1551 First edition of the "Vite" of
Vasari.

1553 First edition of the life of Work on St. Peter's.
Michelangelo by Ascanio Condivi.

1555 March 23. Death of Julius III.

1555 May 23. Election of Paul IV.

1555 December 3. Death of Urbino, The group of the _Pieta_,
Michelangelo's servant. broken by Michelangelo, is
continued and completed by
Tiberio Calcagni.

1558 He works at the model of
the dome of St. Peter's.

1559-1560 Daniele da Volterra, at the
command of Paul IV, paints drapery
on the figures of the Last
Judgment.

1560 Catherine de' Medici requested Work on the transformation
Michelangelo to make the statue of of the Baths of Diocletian
Henri II. into the church of S.
Maria degli Angeli.

1561 August 29. Michelangelo was taken W