The Muscarelle Museum of Art
at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts
Experience world-class exhibitions and robust academic programs.
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
ANNAN, JAMES CRAIG
1904
Photogravure printed on tissue
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 7 11/16 ins. (28.1 x 19.9 cm); Image: 7 11/16 x 5 1/2 ins. (19.8 x 13.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Photogravure printed on tissue
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 7 11/16 ins. (28.1 x 19.9 cm); Image: 7 11/16 x 5 1/2 ins. (19.8 x 13.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
ABBOTT, BERENICE
1936 (printed 1974)
Silver gelatin print
10 1/2 x 13 5/8 ins. (26.6 x 34.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Silver gelatin print
10 1/2 x 13 5/8 ins. (26.6 x 34.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
BLOEMAERT, ABRAHAM
Pen and ink
Sheet: 4 1/2 x 3 3/16 ins. (11.4 x 8.1 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Sheet: 4 1/2 x 3 3/16 ins. (11.4 x 8.1 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
PAPPAN, CHRIS
2021
Mixed media, pencil, acrylic paint, colored pencil, inkjet print, antique ledger paper, printed road map on collaged letters
20 1/8 x 7 5/8 ins. (50.9 x 19.4 cm) [irreg.]
Acquired with funds from The Negrotto-Sapnar Endowment for Native Studies
Mixed media, pencil, acrylic paint, colored pencil, inkjet print, antique ledger paper, printed road map on collaged letters
20 1/8 x 7 5/8 ins. (50.9 x 19.4 cm) [irreg.]
Acquired with funds from The Negrotto-Sapnar Endowment for Native Studies
DINE, JAMES
1974-1976
Etching and hand-coloring in watercolor
Sheet: 39 1/4 x 27 3/4 ins. (99.5 x 70.5 cm); Plate: 26 x 24 ins. (66.1 x 60.9 cm); Framed: 45 5/8 x 32 7/8 ins. (113.3 x 83.5 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest
Etching and hand-coloring in watercolor
Sheet: 39 1/4 x 27 3/4 ins. (99.5 x 70.5 cm); Plate: 26 x 24 ins. (66.1 x 60.9 cm); Framed: 45 5/8 x 32 7/8 ins. (113.3 x 83.5 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest
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
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1990
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
28 1/4 x 18 3/8 ins. (71.7 x 46.7 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 1/4 x 18 3/8 ins. (71.7 x 46.7 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
UNKNOWN
Ivory, mother-of-pearl, and red-colored inlays
1 1/2 h. x 1 1/4 w. x 1 1/4 ins. d. (3.8 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm)
Gift of June and Joseph Hennage
1 1/2 h. x 1 1/4 w. x 1 1/4 ins. d. (3.8 x 3.2 x 3.2 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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