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Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii, (sculpture)

Catalog Data

Sculptor:
Rogers, Randolph 1825-1892  Search this
Medium:
Marble
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Harvard University Fogg Museum 32 Quincy Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138 Accession Number: 1922.136
Date:
1859
Notes:
Harvard University Art Museums, unpublished checklist, Nov. 1996.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Fogg Art Museum, 1970.
Image on file.
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
A barefoot woman in classical dress. She is depicted walking forward, bent over slightly. Her eyes are shut. Her proper left hand reaches up to touch her proper right cheek. She holds a walking stick in her proper right hand.
Topic:
Literature--Character--Nydia  Search this
State of Being--Disabled--Blind  Search this
Figure female--Full length  Search this
Control number:
IAS 77000343
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_10474