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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:
Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue at 82nd Street New York New York 10028 Accession Number: 99.7.2
Date:
Modeled ca. 1853-1854. Carved 1859
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Tolles, Thayer, ed., "American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1865," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, pg. 117.
Tolles, Thayer, ed., "American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1865," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, pg. 119.
(On left:) Randolph Rogers,/ROME 1859 signed
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Summary:
Figure of Nydia walking with a cane and holding her left hand up to her right ear.
Topic:
Literature--Character--Nydia  Search this
State of Being--Disabled--Blind  Search this
Occupation--Vendor--Florist  Search this
Control number:
IAS 76007693
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_18476