At the same time, the shallowness of Sansovino's inspiration as a sculptor is patent in his masterpieces of paradethe "Neptune" and the "Mars," guarding the Scala d'Oro.

Her apparent shallowness was a blind of the same character as her assumed graciousness, and while she would have been more lovable without any pretence or sham she could not have been Louise Merrick and allow others to read her as she actually was.