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Collection Highlights
The permanent collection at the Muscarelle dates from 1732 and has grown to nearly 8,000 objects.
Explore the Collection:PaintingsDrawings and WatercolorsPrintsPhotographySculpture and ObjectsRecent Acquisitions
REAM, CARDUCIUS PLANTAGENET
Oil on canvas
12 x 10 ins. (30.4 x 25.4 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
12 x 10 ins. (30.4 x 25.4 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
SLOAN, JOHN
1906
Etching
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 13 1/4 ins. (21.6 x 33.6 cm); Image: 5 1/4 x 7 ins. (13.3 x 17.8 cm)
Purchase, Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
Etching
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 13 1/4 ins. (21.6 x 33.6 cm); Image: 5 1/4 x 7 ins. (13.3 x 17.8 cm)
Purchase, Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
HARPIGNIES, HENRI-JOSEPH
c. 1846
Oil on canvas
25 x 32 3/4 ins. (63.5 x 83.2 cm); Framed: 32 3/4 x 40 1/2 ins. (84 x 103 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on canvas
25 x 32 3/4 ins. (63.5 x 83.2 cm); Framed: 32 3/4 x 40 1/2 ins. (84 x 103 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
BISHOP, ISABEL
1971
Oil on panel
29 1/8 x 40 1/4 ins. (73.9 x 102.2 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
Oil on panel
29 1/8 x 40 1/4 ins. (73.9 x 102.2 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
TENNESON, JOYCE
2000
Archival pigment print
Sheet: 20 1/4 x 24 1/4 ins. (51 1/5 x 61 3/10 cm); Image: 15 1/4 x 20 1/16 ins. (38 3/5 x 51 cm)
Gift of Sumit Agarwal & Madhushree Goenka, MBA Class of 2005
Archival pigment print
Sheet: 20 1/4 x 24 1/4 ins. (51 1/5 x 61 3/10 cm); Image: 15 1/4 x 20 1/16 ins. (38 3/5 x 51 cm)
Gift of Sumit Agarwal & Madhushree Goenka, MBA Class of 2005
COPLEY, JOHN SINGLETON
c. 1814
Oil on canvas
58 x 94 ins. (147.4 x 238.8 cm)
Gift of John Stewart Bryan
Oil on canvas
58 x 94 ins. (147.4 x 238.8 cm)
Gift of John Stewart Bryan
PORTER, EDWIN DAVID
1952
Oil on canvas
40 5/8 x 50 3/8 ins. (103.1 x 127.9 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Oil on canvas
40 5/8 x 50 3/8 ins. (103.1 x 127.9 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
MOUTOUSSAMY-ASHE, JEANNE
1993
Silver print with hand coloring
Sheet: 14 x 11 ins. (35.4 x 27.9 cm); Image: 10 5/8 x 10 ½ ins. (26.9 x 26.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Silver print with hand coloring
Sheet: 14 x 11 ins. (35.4 x 27.9 cm); Image: 10 5/8 x 10 ½ ins. (26.9 x 26.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
UTAGAWA TOKOKUNI, Untitled Kabuki scene, c. 1815, Woodblock print, Sheet: 15 3/8 x 31 ins. (39.0 x 78.7 cm), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sullivan
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