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Curator’s Opening Lecture – Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
5:00 PM
Lecture
The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Talk by Paul Hendrickson
Thursday, March 20, 2025
5:00 PM
Lecture
Homeschool Workshop: Michelangelo – A Fresco Painting Experience
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
10:00 AM
Workshop
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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
Circle of FALCONE, ANIELLO
Red chalk
Sight: 7 1/2 x 10 5/8 ins. (19.1 x 26.9 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Sight: 7 1/2 x 10 5/8 ins. (19.1 x 26.9 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
POMODORO, ARNALDO
1996
Bronze
Approx. 20 ins. h. (51cm)Approx. 18 1/8 ins d. (46 cm)base: 2 x 18 1/8 x 18 1/8" (5 x 46 x 46cm)
Purchase, Jean Outland Chrysler Memorial Fund
Bronze
Approx. 20 ins. h. (51cm)Approx. 18 1/8 ins d. (46 cm)base: 2 x 18 1/8 x 18 1/8" (5 x 46 x 46cm)
Purchase, Jean Outland Chrysler Memorial Fund
FEININGER, ANDREAS B.L.
1941
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 30 1/8 x 40 5/8 ins. (76.4 x 102.3 cm); Image: 25 3/8 x 35 3/16 ins. (64.5 x 89.4 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Gerry
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 30 1/8 x 40 5/8 ins. (76.4 x 102.3 cm); Image: 25 3/8 x 35 3/16 ins. (64.5 x 89.4 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Gerry
MAROGER, JACQUES
Oil on hardboard panel
Panel: 30 1/4 x 36 ins. (76.7 x 91.5 cm)
Gift of Cynthia Reasor Broten (W&M '75) in memory of her parents Lucy & Woody Reasor
Panel: 30 1/4 x 36 ins. (76.7 x 91.5 cm)
Gift of Cynthia Reasor Broten (W&M '75) in memory of her parents Lucy & Woody Reasor
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
ROVERE, GIOVANNI BATTISTA DELLA called IL FLAMMENGHINO
Pen and ink, and wash
Sheet: 8 11/16 x 11 1/2 ins. (22.1 x 29.2 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Sheet: 8 11/16 x 11 1/2 ins. (22.1 x 29.2 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
GAUGUIN, PAUL
Plate 1894; printed post posthumously after 1966
Etching
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 20 1/2 ins. (38.7 x 52.0 cm); Plate: 10 1/2 x 16 5/8 ins. (26.7 x 42.2 cm)
Gift from the collection of C. Patrick Laughlin, MD, in memory of Marge Gieseking
Etching
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 20 1/2 ins. (38.7 x 52.0 cm); Plate: 10 1/2 x 16 5/8 ins. (26.7 x 42.2 cm)
Gift from the collection of C. Patrick Laughlin, MD, in memory of Marge Gieseking
UNKNOWN
c. 1900
Ivory
1 3/8 h. x 1 w. x 2 ins. d. (3.4 x 2.6 x 5.0 cm)
Gift of June and Joseph Hennage
Ivory
1 3/8 h. x 1 w. x 2 ins. d. (3.4 x 2.6 x 5.0 cm)
Gift of June and Joseph Hennage
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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