ORThe Open Room
Digital gallery
Back to the NGA collection
The sculpture is a bust depicting a female figure with classical features and a serene gaze. Her hair is intricately carved in waves and tied back. It is made of white marble with a polished finish. The bust ends at the shoulders with draped clothing featuring gentle folds and texture. The simple marble stand supports the sculpture.
Read the visual description

The sculpture is a bust depicting a female figure with classical features and a serene gaze. Her hair is intricately carved in waves and tied back. It is made of white marble with a polished finish. The bust ends at the shoulders with draped clothing featuring gentle folds and texture. The simple marble stand supports the sculpture.

National Gallery of Art · Sculpture

A Country Woman

Hiram Powers

Date
model 1838, carved 1839
Medium
marble
Dimensions
overall: 58.42 × 45.72 × 25.4 cm (23 × 18 × 10 in.)
Classification
Sculpture · Bust
Accession number
2015.19.3806
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of William Wilson Corcoran, 1873)
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CSD
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • carved
  • Acquired after publication of European [and American] Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century
  • Neoclassic
  • Figure
  • bust
  • figure
Provenance

Gift from the artist to Caroline Martha Hampton Preston [1807-1883, Mrs. John Smith Preston], Columbia, South Carolina; purchased by William Wilson Corcoran [1798-1888], Washington; gift 1873 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

NGA object ID 177099. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.