Lady Macbeth (sculpture)

Lady Macbeth is a statue of the Shakespearean character Lady Macbeth by German American sculptor Elisabet Ney. The sculpture is a life-size full-length female figure rendered in marble. Completed in 1905, Lady Macbeth is one of Ney's last works and was regarded by the artist as her masterpiece.:219 It is housed in Washington, D.C., in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, which acquired the piece in 1998.

Lady Macbeth
Detail of the statue
ArtistElisabet Ney
Year1905 (1905)
MediumMarble
SubjectLady Macbeth
Dimensions187.2 cm × 65.4 cm × 75.0 cm (73.75 in × 25.75 in × 29.5 in)
LocationSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., United States
Accession1998.79
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