The Atlas Slave is a 2.77m high marble statue by Michelangelo, dated to 1525–1530.

It is one of the 'Prisoners', the series of unfinished sculptures for the tomb of Pope Julius II.

Before the end of the first project for tomb of Pope Julius II (1505), a series of sculptures was planned for the lower part of the mausoleum.

This series, the 'Prisoners', would be a number of larger-than-life statues chained up in various poses representing prisoners leaning on the pillars and herms which flanked the niches.

As they were coupled with each niche (featuring images of Winged Victory), there were originally supposed to be sixteen or twenty sculptures.