In the face of the vanquished warrior critics have found a resemblance to Michelangelo.

The head of the victorious youth seems too small for his stature, and the features are almost brutally vacuous, though burning with an insolent and carnal beauty.

The whole forcible figure expresses irresistible energy and superhuman litheness combined with massive strength.

This group cannot be called pleasing, and its great height renders it almost inconceivable that it was meant to range upon one monument with the Captives of the Louvre.

There are, however, so many puzzles and perplexities connected with that design in its several stages, that we dare affirm or deny nothing concerning it.