The Greek Slave is a marble sculpture by the American sculptor Hiram Powers. It was one of the best-known and critically acclaimed American artworks of the nineteenth century, and is among the most popular American sculptures ever. It was the first publicly exhibited, life-size, American sculpture depicting a fully nude female figure. Powers originally modeled the work in clay, in Florence, Italy, completing it on March 12, 1843. The first marble version of the sculpture was completed by Powers' studio in 1844 and is now in Raby Castle, England.
At Yale University Art Gallery
Detail of the statue's hand, showing the cross and locket
Cast of the forearm and left hand of The Greek Slave (thumb and two fingers missing)
Hiram Powers was an American neoclassical sculptor. He was one of the first 19th-century American artists to gain an international reputation, largely based on his famous marble sculpture The Greek Slave.
Powers and his autograph, c. 1863
The Greek Slave
William Cullen Bryant and Hiram Powers, 1867
President Andrew Jackson, modeled in 1835