The Muscarelle Museum of Art
at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts
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Plan your visit.
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
CARREÑO, MARIO
1956
Oil on linen
Framed: 37 5/8 x 25 3/8 ins. (95.5 x 64.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on linen
Framed: 37 5/8 x 25 3/8 ins. (95.5 x 64.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
BUFFALOHEAD, JULIE
2014
Lithograph on Kozo Shi wove paper
Sight: 22 1/4 x 59 7/8 ins. (56.5 x 152 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Lithograph on Kozo Shi wove paper
Sight: 22 1/4 x 59 7/8 ins. (56.5 x 152 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
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
LOPER, EDWARD L. SR.
1954
Oil on linen canvas
22 1/4 x 27 1/8 ins. (56.5 x 68.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on linen canvas
22 1/4 x 27 1/8 ins. (56.5 x 68.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1994
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
18 1/2 x 28 5/8 ins. (47 x 72.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds provided by the Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
18 1/2 x 28 5/8 ins. (47 x 72.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds provided by the Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
ABELES, SIGMUND
9/21/1978
Silverpoint
15 x 11 13/16 ins. (38.0 x 30.0 cm)
Gift of the artist
Silverpoint
15 x 11 13/16 ins. (38.0 x 30.0 cm)
Gift of the artist
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1994
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
28 1/2 x 18 1/2 ins. (72.3 x 47 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds provided by the Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
28 1/2 x 18 1/2 ins. (72.3 x 47 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds provided by the Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
NETSCHER, CASPAR
1676
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 29 3/4 x 23 3/4 ins.; Sight: 29 1/2 x 23 1/2 ins.; Framed: 38 1/2 x 32 3/4 ins. (98.2 x 82.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 29 3/4 x 23 3/4 ins.; Sight: 29 1/2 x 23 1/2 ins.; Framed: 38 1/2 x 32 3/4 ins. (98.2 x 82.9 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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