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Nydia, The Blind Girl of Pompeii in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sept. 2006
Title: Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii
Artist: Randolph Rogers (American, Waterloo, New York 1825–1892 Rome)
Date: 1853–54; carved 1859
Culture: American
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 54 x 25 1/4 x 37 in. (137.2 x 64.1 x 94 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of James Douglas, 1899
Accession Number: 99.7.2
"Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii" was the most popular American sculpture of the nineteenth century. According to Rogers, it was replicated 167 times in two sizes. The subject was drawn from "The Last Days of Pompeii" (1834), a widely read novel by Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton, which ends with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79. Rogers’s evocative portrayal of Nydia highlights her heroic attempt to lead two companions out of the burning, ash-covered city. Her closed eyes and staff allude to her blindness, while the hand raised to her ear refers to her acute sense of hearing. The destruction of Pompeii is symbolized by the broken Corinthian capital beside her right foot.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11951
Artist: Randolph Rogers (American, Waterloo, New York 1825–1892 Rome)
Date: 1853–54; carved 1859
Culture: American
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 54 x 25 1/4 x 37 in. (137.2 x 64.1 x 94 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of James Douglas, 1899
Accession Number: 99.7.2
"Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii" was the most popular American sculpture of the nineteenth century. According to Rogers, it was replicated 167 times in two sizes. The subject was drawn from "The Last Days of Pompeii" (1834), a widely read novel by Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton, which ends with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79. Rogers’s evocative portrayal of Nydia highlights her heroic attempt to lead two companions out of the burning, ash-covered city. Her closed eyes and staff allude to her blindness, while the hand raised to her ear refers to her acute sense of hearing. The destruction of Pompeii is symbolized by the broken Corinthian capital beside her right foot.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11951
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