Mary, Lady Molyneux

Cleveland Museum of Art

Mary, Lady Molyneux

Alexander Munro

Date
1868
Medium
marble
Culture
England, 19th century
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

Munro's method of portraying Lady Molyneux, with her head placed squarely in the center of a circle and her hair radiating outward from her face, gives the image an unusual emotional intensity that is probably the result of focusing relentlessly on the particular character of her features.

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