About This Artwork

Randolph Rogers
American, 1825-1892

Nydia, The Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii, modeled 1855-56, carved 1858

Marble
130.8 x 64.1 x 91.4 cm (51 1/2 x 25 1/4 x 36 in.)
Inscribed on base: "Rome 1858"
Bequest of Mrs. Uri Balcom, 1896.77

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Judith A. Barter et al, American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), pp. 177-179, no. 79.