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The Greek Slave, Hiram Powers, model 1841-1843, carved 1846
Hiram Powers, portraitHiram PowersAmerican, 1805–1873

The Greek Slave

model 1841-1843, carved 1846 · Sculpture

Can I see it?

Yes, on view now

Where is “The Greek Slave” now? National Gallery of Art, Gallery 71 · West Building, Main Floor, Washington, D.C. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Room71 · West Building, Main Floor

Closed· opens at 10:00 AM

On public display.

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Source
The museum
On the mapMuseum page

Details

Accession number
2014.79.37

What it shows

Full-length standing figuresNudeStanding female nude

In the catalog

SculptureMarbleRomanticismRealism19th centuryAmericanNeoclassic

Sources

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Andrew Jackson, Hiram Powers, 1834–35; carved 1839

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George Washington, Hiram Powers, 1838–44, carved after 1844

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Fisher Boy, Hiram Powers, 1841–44; carved 1857

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Proserpine, Hiram Powers, model 1844, carved 1846 or later

Proserpine

model 1844, carved 1846 or later · National Gallery of Art

Bust of "The Greek Slave", Hiram Powers, 1848

Bust of "The Greek Slave"

1848 · National Gallery of Art

America, Hiram Powers, model 1850-1854, carved after 1854

America

model 1850-1854, carved after 1854 · National Gallery of Art

California, Hiram Powers, 1850–55, carved 1858

California

1850–55, carved 1858 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

America, Hiram Powers, 1850–54; carved after 1854

America

1850–54; carved after 1854 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Tamaca Palms, Frederic Edwin Church, 1854

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Tamaca Palms, 1854

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The Tough Story - Scene in a Country Tavern, William Sidney Mount, 1837

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Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Larry Rivers with his portrait of poet John Ashbery’s poem “Pyrography” (1977), his studio Southhampton L. I. July 7, 1985. He worked out with weightlift instructor too that day, as well as new styrofoam 3-D painting., Allen Ginsberg, 1985

Allen Ginsberg

Larry Rivers with his portrait of poet John Ashbery’s poem “Pyrography” (1977), his studio Southhampton L. I. July 7, 1985. He worked out with weightlift instructor too that day, as well as new styrofoam 3-D painting., 1985

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Peter Orlovsky age 21 with our first car, old delivery truck "The Hearse," Telegraph Hill a block up from our apartment rooms 1010 Montgomery Street near Broadway Corner. We drove to Yosemite, the car cost $125. San Francisco 1955., Allen Ginsberg, 1955, printed 1990

Allen Ginsberg

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Bob Dylan, Tompkins Square Park, ten minutes later we were chased out onto Avenue A by homeless men sleeping in the bandshell who threw bottles at us mistakenly thinking we were taking their pictures. May 21, 1990., Allen Ginsberg, 1990

Allen Ginsberg

Bob Dylan, Tompkins Square Park, ten minutes later we were chased out onto Avenue A by homeless men sleeping in the bandshell who threw bottles at us mistakenly thinking we were taking their pictures. May 21, 1990., 1990

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