The Muscarelle Museum of Art
at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts
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On View
Liquid Commonwealth: The Art and Life of Water in Virginia
November 14, 2025 — February 15, 2026
Learn MoreSelections from Expanded Horizons: Native American Creativity at the Intersection of Culture and Art
October 14, 2025 — January 11, 2026
Learn MoreWhere Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025
August 27, 2025 — Ongoing
Learn MoreUpcoming
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
BELLOWS, GEORGE WESLEY
1923
Lithograph
Sheet: 12 x 9 5/8 ins. (30.6 x 24.0 cm); Image: 11 ¼ x 8 5/8 ins. (28.3 x 22.0 cm)
Gift of Christian Vinyard
Lithograph
Sheet: 12 x 9 5/8 ins. (30.6 x 24.0 cm); Image: 11 ¼ x 8 5/8 ins. (28.3 x 22.0 cm)
Gift of Christian Vinyard
DUCHAMP, GASTON called JACQUES VILLON
1900
Etching and aquatint printed in black, green, yellow-green, red, orange-brown, purple and gray on medium wove paper
Sheet: 20 1/2 x 14 3/4 ins. (52.3 x 37.4 cm); Plate: 14 x 11 ins. (35.6 x 28.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Etching and aquatint printed in black, green, yellow-green, red, orange-brown, purple and gray on medium wove paper
Sheet: 20 1/2 x 14 3/4 ins. (52.3 x 37.4 cm); Plate: 14 x 11 ins. (35.6 x 28.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Attributed to RUBENS, PETER PAUL
c. 1608
Oil on panel
Panel: 24 1/2 x 18 7/8 ins. (62.5 x 48.0 cm); Framed: 33 x 27 1/2 ins. (83.9 x 69.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on panel
Panel: 24 1/2 x 18 7/8 ins. (62.5 x 48.0 cm); Framed: 33 x 27 1/2 ins. (83.9 x 69.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
COLE, WILLIE
2012
Intaglio and relief
Sheet: 63 1/2 x 22 1/2 ins. (162.6 x 58.4 cm); Framed: 67 9/16 x 26 9/16 ins. (171.8 x 67.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Intaglio and relief
Sheet: 63 1/2 x 22 1/2 ins. (162.6 x 58.4 cm); Framed: 67 9/16 x 26 9/16 ins. (171.8 x 67.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
HEMMERLE, SEAN
2001 (printed 2016)
Digital chromatic print
Sheet: 30 x 36 ins. (76.0 x 91.0 cm); Framed: 35 3/4 x 42 1/4 ins. (90.8 x 107.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Digital chromatic print
Sheet: 30 x 36 ins. (76.0 x 91.0 cm); Framed: 35 3/4 x 42 1/4 ins. (90.8 x 107.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
CASTELLANA, WILLIAM
2013
Archival pigment print
Sheet: 13 x 19 ins. (33.0 x 48.3 cm); Image: 8 1/8 x 12 ins. (20.4 x 30.5 cm)
Gift of the artist
Archival pigment print
Sheet: 13 x 19 ins. (33.0 x 48.3 cm); Image: 8 1/8 x 12 ins. (20.4 x 30.5 cm)
Gift of the artist
van RIJN, REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON
1638
Etching
5 3/8 x 4 1/8 ins. (13.7 x 10.6 cm)
Gift of Marilyn Brown in memory of Douglas Morton (W&M '62)
Etching
5 3/8 x 4 1/8 ins. (13.7 x 10.6 cm)
Gift of Marilyn Brown in memory of Douglas Morton (W&M '62)
EBERLE, EDWARD SAMUEL
1992
Porcelain, wheel thrown and altered, terra sigillata
12 15/16 x 7 1/8 x 6 9/16 ins. diam. (33.0 x 18.1 x 16.8 cm)
Purchase, Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund
Porcelain, wheel thrown and altered, terra sigillata
12 15/16 x 7 1/8 x 6 9/16 ins. diam. (33.0 x 18.1 x 16.8 cm)
Purchase, Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund
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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