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 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
LAIRESSE, GÉRARD DE
1674
Etching
Sheet: 28 x 19 1/2 ins. (71.2 x 49.3 cm); Image: 27 1/4 x 18 1/2 ins. (68.9 x 46.9 cm)
Purchase, with funds provided by the Ralph and Doris Piper Lamberson Memorial Endowment Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
Etching
Sheet: 28 x 19 1/2 ins. (71.2 x 49.3 cm); Image: 27 1/4 x 18 1/2 ins. (68.9 x 46.9 cm)
Purchase, with funds provided by the Ralph and Doris Piper Lamberson Memorial Endowment Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1977
Color screenprint
18 1/8 x 28 1/8 ins. (45.9 x 71 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Color screenprint
18 1/8 x 28 1/8 ins. (45.9 x 71 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
LAM, WIFREDO
1967 (published 1971)
Color lithograph on Rives paper
Sheet: 26 x 19 7/8 ins. (66 x 55 cm); Image: 23 7/8 x 19 ¾ ins. (60.8 x 45.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Color lithograph on Rives paper
Sheet: 26 x 19 7/8 ins. (66 x 55 cm); Image: 23 7/8 x 19 ¾ ins. (60.8 x 45.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
D'AMORE, ROBERT
1979
Hand colored gelatin silver print
12 1/4 x 15 3/4 ins. (30.8 x 40.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Hand colored gelatin silver print
12 1/4 x 15 3/4 ins. (30.8 x 40.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
SMITH, KIKI
2000
Etching with aquatint, spitbite, and sugar lift on Hahnemühle paper
Sheet: 24 3/16 x 20 1/8 ins. (61.4 x 51 cm); Image: 23 ½ x 19 3/8 ins. (59.6 x 49.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Etching with aquatint, spitbite, and sugar lift on Hahnemühle paper
Sheet: 24 3/16 x 20 1/8 ins. (61.4 x 51 cm); Image: 23 ½ x 19 3/8 ins. (59.6 x 49.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
CARRILLO, MANUEL
1960
Selenium-toned silver print
Sheet: 14 1/8 x 11 1/16 ins. (35.9 x 28.1 cm); Image: 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 ins. (23.5 x 18.2 cm)
Gift of Frank Christopher
Selenium-toned silver print
Sheet: 14 1/8 x 11 1/16 ins. (35.9 x 28.1 cm); Image: 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 ins. (23.5 x 18.2 cm)
Gift of Frank Christopher
SMITH, JAUNE QUICK-TO-SEE
2003
Charcoal and pencil
24 1/4 x 20 ins. (61.5 x 51.1 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisitions Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
Charcoal and pencil
24 1/4 x 20 ins. (61.5 x 51.1 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisitions Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
FONSECA, HARRY
1981
Acrylic on heavy wove paper with glitter
30 3/8 x 22 ½ ins. (76.5 x 57.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Acrylic on heavy wove paper with glitter
30 3/8 x 22 ½ ins. (76.5 x 57.1 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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