#randolphrogers

Ruth Gleaning, Randolph Rogers, 1850; carved 1855 or 1856, American Paintings and Sculpture

Gift of James Douglas, 1899 Size: 45 3/4 x 23 3/4 x 24 in. (116.2 x 60.3 x 61 cm) Medium: Marble

The Lost Pleiad, Randolph Rogers, 1874 (modeled), Minneapolis Institute of Art: Decorative Arts, Textiles and Sculpture

woman in flowing robe with one hand shading face, other hand pointing off into distance, life size. The Lost Pleiad represents Merope, one of the seven daughters of the god Atlas and the sea nymph Pleoine. She and her sisters form the group of stars known as the Pleides, but Merope is seldom visible because, unlike her sisters, she married a lowly mortal and therefore hides herself in shame. Rogers portrayed Merope as a voluptuous seminude figure in search of her heavenly family. He imparted a windblown movement through the exaggerated twist of her figure, her fluttering hair and drapery, and the puffy clouds billowing below her. Size: 90 x 51 in. (228.6 x 129.54 cm) Medium: Marble

The Lost Pleiade, Randolph Rogers, 1874, Art Institute of Chicago: American Art

In creating this sculpture, Randolph Rogers was inspired by the Roman author Ovid’s poem Fasti, which recounts the legend of the seven sister stars who lived among the constellations. Merope, the youngest sister, married Sisyphus and hid herself in shame because he was mortal. The sculpture depicts the outcast Merope as she seeks her celestial family. With its unclothed torso, The Lost Pleiade is the closest Rogers came to creating a complete nude. Although a conteporary viewers may not have understood the reference to Fasti, the title nonetheless reassured Victorian audiences that this partially nude woman had literary antecedents and was thus not intended as a sensual form. Gift of Mrs. E. S. Stickney Size: H.: 129.5 cm (51 in.) Medium: Marble

Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii, Randolph Rogers, 1859, HAM: Sculpture

Nydia, the blind flower girl of Pompeii, is based on a character in Bulwer-Lytton's popular novel The Last Days of Pompeii. According to H. Wade White (see bibliography), our version is one of the reduced replicas. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gi... Size: 91.4 x 61 x 48.3 cm (36 x 24 x 19 in.) 290 lb. Medium: Marble

Isaac on the Altar, Randolph Rogers, Modelled 1863-1864, Brooklyn Museum: American Art

(a) White marble statue of young boy kneeling with hands bound together with rope and placed on raised proper left knee; head turned to proper right; strap over proper right shoulder holds animal skin loosely around waist; kneels on square stack of small logs. (b) Tall, square pedestal base of gray marble with molding around top and bottom edges. Condition: Good; several scratches and large chips around edges of base. Size: With Base: 79 1/4 x 26 1/8 x 22 1/2 in. (201.3 x 66.4 x 57.2 cm) Statue: 41 5/8 x 18 1/2 x 20 in. (105.7 x 47 x 50.8 cm) Medium: Marble

Ruth Gleaning by Randolph Rogers, American Paintings and Sculpture

Medium: Marble

Gift of James Douglas, 1899 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

The Last Arrow, Randolph Rogers, 1879–80, cast 1880, American Paintings and Sculpture

Bequest of Henry H. Cook, 1905 Size: 44 x 34 1/2 x 16 in. (111.8 x 87.6 x 40.6 cm) Medium: Bronze