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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
van LEYDEN, LUCAS
Engraving
Sheet: 3 1/4 x 4 1/16 ins. (8.2 x 10.3 cm)
Gift of Ralph Wark
Sheet: 3 1/4 x 4 1/16 ins. (8.2 x 10.3 cm)
Gift of Ralph Wark
ABBOTT, BERENICE
1932 (printed later)
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 23 7/8 x 19 11/16 ins. (60.5 x 50.5 cm); Image: 22 x 17 3/8 ins. (55.9 x 44.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 23 7/8 x 19 11/16 ins. (60.5 x 50.5 cm); Image: 22 x 17 3/8 ins. (55.9 x 44.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
van de VELDE THE ELDER, WILLEM
1677
Graphite on paper
Framed: 22 1/8 x 38 1/4 ins. (56 x 97.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Graphite on paper
Framed: 22 1/8 x 38 1/4 ins. (56 x 97.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
FOX, JON GILBERT
1967
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 8 1/16 x 10 ins. (20.5 x 25.4 cm); Image: 6 1/2 x 8 5/8 ins. (16.5 x 21.9 cm)
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox (W&M '72) and Darrell Hotchkiss
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 8 1/16 x 10 ins. (20.5 x 25.4 cm); Image: 6 1/2 x 8 5/8 ins. (16.5 x 21.9 cm)
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox (W&M '72) and Darrell Hotchkiss
SÁNCHEZ, JUAN
2000
Duotone lithograph, collograph, paint stick, feathers, and raffia
Sight: 67 x 44 ins. (170 x 112 cm); Framed: 73.5 x 49 x 3.5 ins. (187 x 124 x 8.9 cm)
Purchase, Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund
Duotone lithograph, collograph, paint stick, feathers, and raffia
Sight: 67 x 44 ins. (170 x 112 cm); Framed: 73.5 x 49 x 3.5 ins. (187 x 124 x 8.9 cm)
Purchase, Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund
LIU, HUNG
1992 - 1993
Oil on canvas and wood architectural fragment
90 x 60 1/8 ins. (230.8 x 154.2 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Acquisitions Fund
Oil on canvas and wood architectural fragment
90 x 60 1/8 ins. (230.8 x 154.2 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Acquisitions Fund
SYKES, FREDERICK J.
1890
Oil on academy board
12 x 17 1/2 ins. (30.5 x 44.3 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
Oil on academy board
12 x 17 1/2 ins. (30.5 x 44.3 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
KATZEN, LILA PELL
1980
Stainless steel
6 3/4 h. x 12 5/8 l. x 3 1/8 ins. d. (17.1 x 32.0 x 7.9 cm) [max]
Gift of Gertrude Perrin
Stainless steel
6 3/4 h. x 12 5/8 l. x 3 1/8 ins. d. (17.1 x 32.0 x 7.9 cm) [max]
Gift of Gertrude Perrin
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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