Nydia, the Blind Girl of Pompeii
Randolph Rogers
model 1855, carved 1860
Medium
marble
Dimensions
overall: 137.2 cm (54 in.) gross weight: 880 lb. (399.165 kg) pedestal weight: 1221 lb. (553.842 kg)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
2000.85.1
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Randolph Rogers · 1825–1892
Randolph Rogers (1825–1892) was a prominent American Neoclassical sculptor whose career bridged the worlds of popular genre sculpture and grand public commissions. Born on July 6, 1825, in Waterloo, New York, the son of a carpenter and millwright, Rogers grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, after his family relocated westward in pursuit of opportunity. Showing early aptitude for drawing and wood engrav...