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On View
Expanded Horizons: Native American Creativity at the Intersection of Culture and Art
June 28, 2025 — October 13, 2025
Learn MoreWhere Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025
August 27, 2025 — November 14, 2025
Learn MoreUpcoming
Liquid Commonwealth: The Art and Life of Water in Virginia
November 14, 2025 — February 15, 2026
Learn MoreCollection 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
LUTFI, HUDA
2001
Acrylic on canvas, over diptych
Top: 13 3/4 x 19 7/8 ins. (34.9 x 50.5 cm); Bottom: 13 3/4 x 19 7/8 ins. (34.9 x 50.5 cm)
Gift of the artist
Acrylic on canvas, over diptych
Top: 13 3/4 x 19 7/8 ins. (34.9 x 50.5 cm); Bottom: 13 3/4 x 19 7/8 ins. (34.9 x 50.5 cm)
Gift of the artist
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
ROMERO, DIEGO
2017
Two-color lithograph on Rives BFK paper
Sheet: 19 1/8 x 24 1/2 ins. (48.6 x 62.3 cm); Image: 15 x 21 ins. (38.0 x 53.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from The Negrotto-Sapnar Endowment for Native Studies
Two-color lithograph on Rives BFK paper
Sheet: 19 1/8 x 24 1/2 ins. (48.6 x 62.3 cm); Image: 15 x 21 ins. (38.0 x 53.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from The Negrotto-Sapnar Endowment for Native Studies
CLYMER, JOHN FORD
1942
Oil on canvas
Gift of Jane Spencer Smith (W&M '48) and Willard S. Smith (W&M '44), Alumni medallion recipients
Oil on canvas
Gift of Jane Spencer Smith (W&M '48) and Willard S. Smith (W&M '44), Alumni medallion recipients
PRATT, CHARLES
c. 1984
Metal, turquoise, coral
Length: 11 ins. (27.9 cm); Width: 4 1/2 ins. (11.2 cm); Height: 4 1/8 ins. (10.3)
Gift of William and Marie Palmer
Metal, turquoise, coral
Length: 11 ins. (27.9 cm); Width: 4 1/2 ins. (11.2 cm); Height: 4 1/8 ins. (10.3)
Gift of William and Marie Palmer
ADAMS, ANSEL
Dassonville print
Sheet: 10 x 11 1/2 ins. (25.4 x 30.0 cm); Image: 5 5/8 x 7 5/8 ins. (14.2 x 19.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Sheet: 10 x 11 1/2 ins. (25.4 x 30.0 cm); Image: 5 5/8 x 7 5/8 ins. (14.2 x 19.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
KENT, ROCKWELL
1933
Wood engraving
Sheet: 11 1/4 x 12 1/16 ins. (28.6 x 30.6 cm); Image: 5 7/16 x 6 15/16 ins. (13.8 x 17.7 cm)
Purchase, Lucille Godfrey and Alexander M. Quattlebaum Endowmnet Fund and Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
Wood engraving
Sheet: 11 1/4 x 12 1/16 ins. (28.6 x 30.6 cm); Image: 5 7/16 x 6 15/16 ins. (13.8 x 17.7 cm)
Purchase, Lucille Godfrey and Alexander M. Quattlebaum Endowmnet Fund and Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
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
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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