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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
GROHS, HANS
1967
Pen and ink, and gouache
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 10 3/4 ins. (22.6 x 27.3 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Frauken Grohs Collinson
Pen and ink, and gouache
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 10 3/4 ins. (22.6 x 27.3 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Frauken Grohs Collinson
WHITE, CHARLES
1959
Linoleum print, edition of 20
Sheet: 18 1/8 x 50 1/8 ins. (46 x 127.3 cm); Image: 12 x 45 ins. (30.5 x 114.3 cm); Framed: 20 3/4 x 52 1/2 ins. (53 x 133.4 cm)
Purchase, Lucille Godfrey and Alexander M. Quattlebaum Endowment Fund
Linoleum print, edition of 20
Sheet: 18 1/8 x 50 1/8 ins. (46 x 127.3 cm); Image: 12 x 45 ins. (30.5 x 114.3 cm); Framed: 20 3/4 x 52 1/2 ins. (53 x 133.4 cm)
Purchase, Lucille Godfrey and Alexander M. Quattlebaum Endowment Fund
KATZEN, LILA PELL
1963
Oil on canvas
63 x 53 ins. (160.0 x 134.6 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Oil on canvas
63 x 53 ins. (160.0 x 134.6 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
HÉROLD, JACQUES
1943
Oil and pencil on press board
25 9/16 x 19 9/16 ins. (65.0 x 49.7 cm); Framed: 35 1/8 x 27 3/8 ins. (89.1 x 69 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Oil and pencil on press board
25 9/16 x 19 9/16 ins. (65.0 x 49.7 cm); Framed: 35 1/8 x 27 3/8 ins. (89.1 x 69 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
LAIRESSE, GÉRARD DE
Oil on canvas
124 3/4 x 54 3/4 ins. (316.9 x 139.1 cm)
Purchase, Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund and Museum Acquisition Fund
124 3/4 x 54 3/4 ins. (316.9 x 139.1 cm)
Purchase, Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund and Museum Acquisition Fund
MARC, FRANZ
1912
Woodblock print
Sheet: 10 5/16 x 13 11/16 ins. (26.2 x 34.7 cm); Image: 7 13/16 x 9 1/2 ins. (19.8 x 24.1 cm)
Gift of William Fleming Kenan, Professor at the College of William and Mary, 1983
Woodblock print
Sheet: 10 5/16 x 13 11/16 ins. (26.2 x 34.7 cm); Image: 7 13/16 x 9 1/2 ins. (19.8 x 24.1 cm)
Gift of William Fleming Kenan, Professor at the College of William and Mary, 1983
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
BASKIN, LEONARD
Watercolor on paper
Framed: 37 3/4 x 29 3/4 ins. (95.8 x 75.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Framed: 37 3/4 x 29 3/4 ins. (95.8 x 75.5 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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