Greek Slave

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg's study after Hiram Powers's marble sculpture depicts a standing female nude figure with classical drapery. The delicate pencil rendering captures the contrapposto stance and serene expression that defined Powers's iconic 1844 work. Kellogg (1814–1889), a New York-born artist, produced this preparatory sketch as part of the widespread artistic circulation of Powers's Greek Slave—perhaps the most reproduced American sculpture of the nineteenth century. Multiple versions in different media and scales extended the work's influence across exhibition halls, parlors, and print culture, establishing it as a defining image of mid-century neoclassical aesthetics.