Ruth Gleaning

(please click on the image to see it upright)

Randolph Rogers was a sculptor in the mid to late 19th century, and like many of his period he modeled ancient figures, including Biblical figures on the basis of having seen Greco-Roman statues. It is safe to say that the Biblical Ruth did not much look like this, nor for that matter would she have been half naked while gleaning in that ANE honor and shame culture. Nevertheless, the statue is skillfully rendered, however anachronistic, and is one of only a few statues in the Crystal Springs Museum.