Bust of "The Greek Slave", 1848

Not on View

Medium

marble

Dimensions

overall: 53.02 × 39.37 × 21.27 cm (20 7/8 × 15 1/2 × 8 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, by exchange: Mrs. Amelia B. Lazarus, Mr. James Parmelee, Mr. Stevenson Scott, Mr. Louis E. Shecter, Mrs. Mabel Stevens Smithers, and Southern Educational & Charitable Trust)

Accession Number

2014.136.294

Artists / Makers

Hiram Powers (sculptor) American, 1805 - 1873

Image Use

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Inscription

center back, under bust: H. Powers. Sculpt.

Provenance

Commissioned 1845 by James Howard McHenry [1820-1888], Baltimore; his daughter, Ellen Carr McHenry Keyser [1860-1946]; her daughter, Ellen McHenry Keyser Bruce [1892-1980]; by descent in the family; (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 17 March 1994, no. 22); purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Bruce, Ellen McHenry Keyser
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Keyser, Ellen Carr McHenry
McHenry, James Howard
Sotheby's

Bibliography

2023: De Margerie, Laure. French Sculpture: An American Passion. Ghent, 2023: 221-223, fig. 28.