The Greek Slave (1844)

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' most famous and most popular works. The design of the statue was based upon the Venus de' 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.

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I’ve not posted for a few days… it’s been busy in the old #nhs However, in a rare day away from both clinical and non-clinical work the pup and I went for a walk around Raby Castle Deer Park & bought our Christmas Tree #RabyCastle #christmasTree #ChristmasTradition