# The Greek Slave

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## Artwork

- Artist: [POWERS, Hiram](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/powers-hiram-r383b4fe7f21305>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Marble

## Commentary

This marble statue was carved in Florence by American sculptor Hiram Powers. Copies of the statue were displayed in a number of venues around Great Britain and the United States, and it quickly became one of Powers&#39; most famous and most popular works. The design of the statue was based upon the Venus de&#39; Medici in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Powers made six replicas of the Raby Castle Greek Slave for sale to various collectors. One such variant is currently in the Smithsonian American Art Museum; another is in the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

## Related artworks

- [Bust of General Andrew Jackson](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/powers-hiram-r383b4fe7f21305/bust-of-general-andrew-jackson-r7d6b04417489ce>)
- [Fisher Boy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/powers-hiram-r383b4fe7f21305/fisher-boy-r47e175666b7ede>)
- [George Washington](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/powers-hiram-r383b4fe7f21305/george-washington-r2ffc12cd9e148e>)
- [Last of the Tribe](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/powers-hiram-r383b4fe7f21305/last-of-the-tribe-r5541337edbfbdf>)
- [The Greek Slave](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/powers-hiram-r383b4fe7f21305/the-greek-slave-r0f9e243cc4f4d7>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)