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Running head: Analysis of a museumStudent’s nameInstitutionTutor:Date of submissionQuestion OneTITLE:Nydia, the blind girl of PompeiiThis is a portrait of a lady who is blind clinching on a stick and the head cupped.Question TwoARTIST:Randolph RogersAn American sculptor who trained under Lorenzo BartoliniQuestion ThreeSTYLE:Marble sculpture curvingThe style depicts a historical theme.Question FourDATE:The year 1860Question FiveNATIONALITY:North American, America.Question sixCOLOUR:The sculpture is white marble. It has contrasting lighter and darker hues with natural shadowing. The shadows even make the subject appear to have eyelashes.Question sevenCOMPOSITIONAL ELEMENTS:The sculpture is anatomically correct. It is standing vertically.Question EightTYPE AND OBJECTIVE:The sculpture is objective as it depicts some historical themes.Question NinePROBABLE PATRON:No intended patron but rather artist gained inspiration from literature.Question TenMEDIUM:The sculpture is cast from marble.It is then engraved to bring out the hair and the clothing of the blind lady depicted in the portrait.Question ElevenSIZE:The statue stands approximately 139.7 cm tall. When standing on the museum pedestal the sculpture is on sight with he viewer.The lighting shadows the right areas to be viewed properly at an eye level.Question TwelveBRUSH TROKES/ MEDIUM HANDLING:The marble is very smooth and flat on handling.After the smoothening and flattening it is then oiled to make it shiny.Question ThirteenLIGHT:The lightin...