The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 29, 2023

Mary, Lady Molyneux

1868

Alexander Munro

(British, 1825–1871)

England, 19th century

Marble

Diameter: 41.6 cm (16 3/8 in.)

Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1994.11

Location

not on view

Description

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.

Provenance
(Joanna Barnes Fine Arts, London).
Citations
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions to the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection,” August 26, 1994, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
Hawley, Henry H., "Diversity in the Pre-Raphaelite Movement", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 35 no. 06, Summer 1995 Mentioned and reproduced: p. 5- 6 archive.org
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1994.11