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Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii

Randolph Rogers

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

White marble sculpture of a young girl with her right hand on her face and her left hand holding a cane, wearing a long dress and barefoot, standing on a round base. The girl's head is tilted downward, and her hair is short. She leans on a pillar with her weight shifted onto her right leg. The background is gray.

Artwork Details

Date
1853–54; carved 1859
Medium
Marble
Culture
American
Dimensions
486 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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