 Niko Zupanič described him as having unusually short and weak legs, with a twisted upper spine.His head combined a large cranium with a disproportionately narrow face.Igor Grabar noted that his wide forehead was covered with a web of red pulsing veins; the rest of the face was uniformly red, as if in a fever; at the age of 33 Ažbe seemed to be at least forty years old.