Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii / Randolph Rogers
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1862.1
- Title
- Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii
- Artist
- Randolph Rogers
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1825-1892
- Medium and Support
- Carrara marble
- Object Creation Date
- 1861
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Italy (nation)
- Lazio (region)
- Roma (province)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Italy (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Lazio (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Roma (province)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Rogers Art Association
- Style/Group/Movement
- Neoclassical
- Inscription
- Inscribed left face of base: Randolph Rogers, Rome 1861.
- Dimensions
- 143.51 cm x 71.12 cm x 95.25 cm (56 1/2 in. x 28 in. x 37 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- statue
- Secondary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Secondary Object Type
- figure
- Physical Description
- A white marble statue of a young female figure, leaning forward holding a staff with eyes closed, her left hand held up to her right ear. A flowing, wind-swept garment drapes the figure. On the base to the left of the figure is a broken capital of a Corinthian column lying on its side.
- Subject Matter
- Based on a character from Edward Bulwer-Lytton's popular 1834 novel, “The Last Days of Pompeii,” Nydia is a blind girl, who had been stolen and sold into slavery, and was bought by Glaucus, a Greek-born young man, to work in his garden in order to save her from the cruelty of her owner. Nydia mistook his act of kindness for fondness and fell passionately and uselessly in love with him, as he was in love with another woman. During the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Nydia saves Glaucus and his lover and guides them toward the sea where they find safety aboard a ship. The next morning Nydia throws herself into the sea, as she realizes there is no hope for a future with Glaucus, and becomes a symbol of feminine sacrifice and fidelity.
- Primary Keywords
- allegory
- blind
- blind (people)
- capitals
- corinthian (architectural style)
- figures (representations)
- girl
- girls
- marble
- mythology (literary genre)
- neoclassical
- nydia
- pompeii
- pompeii (deserted settlement)
- sculpture
- staff
- staffs (walking sticks)
- standing
- statues
- stone
- women
- Secondary Keywords
- aegean
- aegean architecture styles
- aegean styles
- allegory and literature
- architectural elements
- artistic concepts
- artistic devices
- associated concepts
- campania (region)
- capitals and capital components
- card, table and board game elements
- child
- column components
- columns and column components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- early western world
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- europe
- europe (continent)
- european
- european styles and periods
- exceptional people
- figures
- game pieces
- genres in the arts
- geographic and political locations
- handicapped
- iconography
- inorganic material
- italy
- italy (nation)
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- locality
- materials
- materials by composition
- mediterranean
- modern european styles and movements
- napoli (province)
- objects
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- people by state or condition
- physically handicapped
- recreational artifacts
- recreational artifacts for competitive activities
- rock
- rock by form
- sculpture by subject type
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- supporting and resisting elements
- symbolism
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- walking sticks
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 729 x 1463
- File Size
- 44 KB
- Record
- 1862.1
- Link to this Item
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"Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii; Randolph Rogers." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1862.1/1862.1.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.