A floating figure, clothed in a long, black robe, carrying m her arms Thanatos and Hypnos. […] On one was a brazen vase, on the other the figure of a child holding a whip with three brass chains, each chain having a knot at the end. […] In attitude and proportion, the graceful majesty of the figure is unsurpassed. […] This god was represented as holding a small figure in his hand, and raising a mask from his face. […] Two female figures appeared to him — one was Vice, the other, Virtue.