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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 · Details of Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii, 1853–54; carved 1859. There’s a lot of detail here for the blind beholder’s fingers, a lot of virtuosic carving. Regularly spaced horizontal lines all down her staff suggest bamboo. The carving of the fallen Corinthian capitol is crisp and precise.
Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii, 1853–54; carved 1859. Marble. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of James, Douglas, 1899 (99.7.2). 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.
This captivating sculpture depicts the heroine of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s historical novel "The Last Days of Pompeii" (1834). Nydia is a blind, enslaved flower-seller liberated by a nobleman named Glaucus. During the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Nydia risks her life to save Glaucus and his fiancée.
Label Copy: Rogers's Nydia, the Blind Girl of Pompeii was an immensely popular sculpture of the late nineteenth century. It was inspired by a character from Edward Bulwer-Lytton's widely read...
Overview. 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.
Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii. Artist. Randolph Rogers. Date. modeled 1853-1854. Location. Not on view. Dimensions. 36 1 ⁄ 8 x 17 1 ⁄ 4 x 25 1 ⁄ 4 in. ( 91. 9 x 43. 9 x 64. 1 cm.) Credit Line. Transfer from the National Museum of American History, Division of Cultural History, Smithsonian Institution. Mediums. marble. Mediums Description.
