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The 10 Artworks of Hiram Powers

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Hiram Powers - ProserpineProserpineHiram Powers

Powers gave this bust the title Proserpine, after the beautiful but tragic figure in Roman mythology (she was known as Persephone in Greek literature). Proserpine, the daughter of Jupiter and Ceres, was kidnapped by Pluto, who took her to Hades to be his wife. Jupiter eventually won her release, but...

Huntington Museum of Art (Huntington, United States)
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Hiram Powers - HopeHopeHiram Powers

The father of the American school of Neoclassical sculptors, Hiram Powers presents the Christian virtues of Faith, Hope, and Charity. Basing his designs on ancient imperial portrait busts, he swathed the female personifications in simple Greco-Roman drapery. Their uniformly smooth facial features an...

Chrysler Museum of Art (Norfolk, United States)
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Hiram Powers - CharityCharityHiram Powers

The father of the American school of Neoclassical sculptors, Hiram Powers presents the Christian virtues of Faith, Hope, and Charity. Basing his designs on ancient imperial portrait busts, he swathed the female personifications in simple Greco-Roman drapery. Their uniformly smooth facial features an...

Chrysler Museum of Art (Norfolk, United States)
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Hiram Powers - FaithFaithHiram Powers

The father of the American school of Neoclassical sculptors, Hiram Powers presents the Christian virtues of Faith, Hope, and Charity. Basing his designs on ancient imperial portrait busts, he swathed the female personifications in simple Greco-Roman drapery. Their uniformly smooth facial features an...

Chrysler Museum of Art (Norfolk, United States)
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