Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), Nurse and Reformer

Luigi Saulini

ca. 1855–60 · Sardonyx · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Nurse Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) dedicated herself to reforming military hospitals and attracted worldwide admiration, especially for her valiant and compassionate service in Turkey in 1854–57 during the Crimean War, in the course of which she contracted a form of brucellosis called “Crimean fever.” Here she looks down with becoming modesty amid a show of crisp linen and lace.

Artist

Luigi Saulini

Date

ca. 1855–60

Medium

Sardonyx

Culture

Italian, Rome

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

The Milton Weil Collection, 1940