Lady Macbeth (sculpture)
| Lady Macbeth | |
|---|---|
Detail of the statue | |
| Artist | Elisabet Ney |
| Year | 1905 |
| Medium | Marble |
| Subject | Lady Macbeth |
| Dimensions | 187.2 cm × 65.4 cm × 75.0 cm (73.75 in × 25.75 in × 29.5 in) |
| Location | Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., United States |
| Accession | 1998.79 |
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. 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.