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
About the Artist
Randolph Rogers
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...