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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
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10 de jul. de 2023 · The novelist Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, who created the character Nydia in his popular novel The Last Days of Pompeii (1834), made the point that her eyes were unmarked by blindness, without flaw, indistinguishable from sighted eyes. But here, the artist has to do something to make Nydia’s blindness distinguishable.
Rogers's evocative portrayal of Nydia, who was enslaved, highlights her courageous attempt to lead two companions out of burning, ash-covered Pompeii after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.
A popular sculpture by American sculptor Randolph Rogers, Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii (1856), was based on a character from the book.
American, 1825–1892. This statue is based on a character from Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s popular 1834 novel The Last Days of Pompeii. In the episode depicted here, Nydia and her two companions attempt to flee the city after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Among the most memorable characters in Edward Bulwer-Lytton's hugely popular novel The Last Days of Pompeii (1834) is Nydia, a blind flower seller. In love with the noble-born Glaucus, who is engaged to Ione, Nydia knows the hopelessness of her position and endures her suffering with quiet courage.
Rogers depicted Nydia in a moment of overt power—escaping from the erupting Mount Vesuvius and searching for her lost loved ones. As a symbol of feminine sacrifice and bravery, the sculpture greatly appealed to a Victorian public.
