Diana

Hiram Powers modeled Diana for Lucius Manlius Sargent, who requested an ideal bust of a new subject. The figure of Diana was based on his sculpture America. To create a unique design, he altered her drapery and added a moon to the stars on her tiara. While carving the first marble replica for Sargent, Powers abandoned two blocks of marble before he found one with no flaws or obvious veins of color. The Museum’s version, carved in 1853, was discovered in an antique shop in Portugal more than a century later. It may have been commissioned by Lord Overstone or Peter Fairbairn, two of the artist’s patrons from England.

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Bajo el mismo techo: Museo Smithsoniano de Arte Americano

Sobre el mismo tema · Classical dress

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Andrew Jackson

George Washington

The Greek Slave

Fisher Boy

Proserpine

Bust of "The Greek Slave"

America

California

Muskrat, before 1997

Cane with Boot-Shaped Handle, late 19th-early 20th century

San Jose, late 19th-early 20th century

Nuestra Senora del Carmen, ca. late 19th-early 20th century

San Rafael, late 19th-early 20th century

Worrying Mother Pig Toy, 20th century (pre-1960s)

Bright Light at Russell's Corners, 1946

Fish Decoy, ca. 1940s

William West Durant, modeled 1863

Study for mural, Union Trust Company Building, "The Sources of Wealth", ca. 1903

Study for Mosaic, Wisconsin State Capital, "Legislation", ca. 1913

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Youth and Age, 1883-1884

Hope, modeled 1869

Sketch for Mosaic, Wisconsin State Capital, "Justice", ca. 1912

Senator William Campbell Preston, modeled 1837

Catherine Hampton, modeled 1849