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 MoreWhere Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025
August 27, 2025 — Ongoing
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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
STEICHEN, EDWARD
1906
Halftone
7 5/8 x 6 3/8 ins (19.3 x 16.3 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Halftone
7 5/8 x 6 3/8 ins (19.3 x 16.3 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
FINE, PERLE
c. 1961-1963
Oil on linen
59 3/4 x 50 ins. (151.8 x 127.0 cm)
Selected by 2023 Curator’s Circle Members and acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on linen
59 3/4 x 50 ins. (151.8 x 127.0 cm)
Selected by 2023 Curator’s Circle Members and acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
LAIRESSE, GÉRARD DE
Oil on canvas
124 3/4 x 54 3/4 ins. (316.9 x 139.1 cm)
Purchase, Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund and Museum Acquisition Fund
124 3/4 x 54 3/4 ins. (316.9 x 139.1 cm)
Purchase, Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund and Museum Acquisition Fund
JOHNS, JASPER
1978 - 1981
Color sugar aquatint on Rives buff mould paper
Sheet: 41 3/8 x 29 1/2 ins. (105.1 x 74.9 cm); Plate: 34 1/4 x 24 3/8 ins. (87.0 x 61.9 cm); Framed: 45 3/8 x 33 1/8 ins. (115.1 x 84.1 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Color sugar aquatint on Rives buff mould paper
Sheet: 41 3/8 x 29 1/2 ins. (105.1 x 74.9 cm); Plate: 34 1/4 x 24 3/8 ins. (87.0 x 61.9 cm); Framed: 45 3/8 x 33 1/8 ins. (115.1 x 84.1 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
CANNON, TOMMY WAYNE called T.C. CANNON
Pencil on paper
Sheet: 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins. (27.3 x 21.0 cm); Image: 3 x 2 1/8 ins. (7.7 x 5.4 cm)
Muscarelle Museum of Art Foundation
Sheet: 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins. (27.3 x 21.0 cm); Image: 3 x 2 1/8 ins. (7.7 x 5.4 cm)
Muscarelle Museum of Art Foundation
TOYOKUNI
c. 1805
Color woodblock print
14 1/2 x 9 7/8 ins. (36.6 x 25.0 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Libertson
Color woodblock print
14 1/2 x 9 7/8 ins. (36.6 x 25.0 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Libertson
UNKNOWN
Pen, gray washes, and some color
Sight: 15 3/4 x 15 9/16 ins. (40.0 x 39.1 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Sight: 15 3/4 x 15 9/16 ins. (40.0 x 39.1 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
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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