The other model was of more ordinary but of still very fine proportion.

His head was rather large, and his mouth petulant in expression, the upper eyelids very thick; his hair is broken into large, hard curls.

He is seen in the figures surrounding the Sin of Ham, and was probably the first employed for this work.

These Athletes are the very epitome of the work of Michael Angelo.
If a man does not love them he cannot care for the work of Michael Angelo.
They express his highest idea of beauty--man created in the image of God, as he testifies in this vault, and in the sonnet ending:-- Ne Dio, suo grazia, mi si mostra altrove, Piu che'n alcun leggiadro e mortal velo; E quel sol amo, perche'n quel si specchia.
Nor hath God deigned to show himself elsewhere More clearly than in human form sublime Which, since they image Him, alone I love.( 118) No leaves or branches, minor works of the Great Artist, still less draperies of cloth or even of gold brocade, the works of the hand of man, shall cover any portion of the Divine Image.

So all these figures are frankly naked, the genii of the Beauty of the Human Race.
The festoons these Athletes carry support large medallions painted like bronze.