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
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
GOLDBERG, MICHAEL
1953
Oil on canvas
51 1/2 x 66 1/2 ins. (130 x 168.9 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Oil on canvas
51 1/2 x 66 1/2 ins. (130 x 168.9 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
CURTIS, EDWARD S.
c. 1899
Photogravure on wove paper
Sheet: 15 1/2 x 10 15/16 ins. (39.3 x 27.7 cm); Image: 10 1/8 x 7 ins. (25.6 x 17.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Photogravure on wove paper
Sheet: 15 1/2 x 10 15/16 ins. (39.3 x 27.7 cm); Image: 10 1/8 x 7 ins. (25.6 x 17.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
CALDER, ALEXANDER
c. 1972
Color lithograph on Arches paper
Sheet: 25 3/8 x 19 5/8 ins. (64.6 x 49.7 cm)
Gift of Gertrude Perrin
Color lithograph on Arches paper
Sheet: 25 3/8 x 19 5/8 ins. (64.6 x 49.7 cm)
Gift of Gertrude Perrin
TOOKER, GEORGE
1978
Lithograph printed in black and light tan on Arches wove paper
Sheet: 27 ½ x 22 7/8 ins. (69.8 x 56.9 cm); Image: 20 x 16 1/8 ins. (50.9 x 41 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Lithograph printed in black and light tan on Arches wove paper
Sheet: 27 ½ x 22 7/8 ins. (69.8 x 56.9 cm); Image: 20 x 16 1/8 ins. (50.9 x 41 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
GIORDANO, LUCA
c. 1632
Oil on canvas
72 3/4 x 52 ins. (184.8 x 132.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on canvas
72 3/4 x 52 ins. (184.8 x 132.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
CARDI, LODOVICO called IL CIGOLI
1606 - 1613
Pen, brown ink, and brown wash over black chalk on white paper
5 3/4 x 7 3/4 ins. (14.4 x 19.7 cm)
Gift of Manfred Brockhaus
Pen, brown ink, and brown wash over black chalk on white paper
5 3/4 x 7 3/4 ins. (14.4 x 19.7 cm)
Gift of Manfred Brockhaus
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
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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