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
CHEN, ROBERT
2006
Mixed media on canvas
Framed: 60 x 60 ins. (152.4 x 152.4 cm); Canvas: 51 1/4 x 51 1/4 ins. (130 x 130 cm)
Gift of the artist
Mixed media on canvas
Framed: 60 x 60 ins. (152.4 x 152.4 cm); Canvas: 51 1/4 x 51 1/4 ins. (130 x 130 cm)
Gift of the artist
HAMILTON, WILLIAM
1797
Oil on canvas
18 x 12 1/2 ins. (45.8 x 31.8 cm)
Oil on canvas
18 x 12 1/2 ins. (45.8 x 31.8 cm)
BAZZANI, LUIGI
1906
Watercolor
Image: 14 3/8 x 19 15/16 ins. (36.5 x 50.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Watercolor
Image: 14 3/8 x 19 15/16 ins. (36.5 x 50.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
CARRILLO, MANUEL
1961
Selenium-toned silver print
Sheet: 14 1/8 x 11 1/16 ins. (35.9 x 28.1 cm); Image: 8 x 7 1/8 ins. (20.3 x 18.1 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: 8 x 7 1/8 ins. (20.3 x 18.1 cm)
Gift of Frank Christopher
PETO, JOHN FREDERICK
1899
Oil on academy board
Board: 6 x 9 1/4 ins. (15.3 x 23.2 cm); Framed: 12 1/8 x 15 1/4 ins. (30.7 x 48.8 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
Oil on academy board
Board: 6 x 9 1/4 ins. (15.3 x 23.2 cm); Framed: 12 1/8 x 15 1/4 ins. (30.7 x 48.8 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
BURROUGHS, MARGARET
1957
Linoleum cut on imitation Japan paper
Sheet: 18 7/8 x 14 3/4 ins. (47.9 x 37.5 cm); Image: 14 x 11 1/8 ins. (35.8 x 28.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Linoleum cut on imitation Japan paper
Sheet: 18 7/8 x 14 3/4 ins. (47.9 x 37.5 cm); Image: 14 x 11 1/8 ins. (35.8 x 28.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
FEUERMAN, CAROLE A.
2013
Bronze and gold leaf with marble base
Object with base: 24 x 11 x 9 ins. (60.9 x 20.3 x 22.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Bronze and gold leaf with marble base
Object with base: 24 x 11 x 9 ins. (60.9 x 20.3 x 22.8 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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