Victory

Perhaps intended for the Tomb of Julius II, this group carries to formal extremes the “concept” of the spiral contrapuntal composition that was to be fundamental for the whole of Mannerist culture, from Cellini to Giambologna, and then for all the European courts. A pure symbol, the young Genius has no expression in his splendid classical mask, while humanity seems concentrated in the closed anguish of the vanquished.