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
CLARK, ELIOT CANDEE
c. 1897
Charcoal
Sight: 6 5/8 x 4 5/8 ins. (16.8 x 11.8 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Charcoal
Sight: 6 5/8 x 4 5/8 ins. (16.8 x 11.8 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
PICASSO, PABLO
1969
White clay with glaze and paint
12 1/2 x 3 1/2 diam. ins. (31.6 x 9.0 cm)
Gift of Rene A. Henry, W&M '54
White clay with glaze and paint
12 1/2 x 3 1/2 diam. ins. (31.6 x 9.0 cm)
Gift of Rene A. Henry, W&M '54
FEINSTEIN, ROCHELLE
1991
Oil on canvas
42 1/8 x 42 1/8 ins. (107.0 x 107.0 cm)
Gift of Alan Wallach and Phyllis Rosenzweig
Oil on canvas
42 1/8 x 42 1/8 ins. (107.0 x 107.0 cm)
Gift of Alan Wallach and Phyllis Rosenzweig
MANET, EDOUARD
1871
Lithograph on chine collé, state II/II
Sheet: 18 ½ x 25 ¼ ins. (47.0 x 64.2 cm); Image: 15 ¾ x 20 ins. (40.0 x 50.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Lithograph on chine collé, state II/II
Sheet: 18 ½ x 25 ¼ ins. (47.0 x 64.2 cm); Image: 15 ¾ x 20 ins. (40.0 x 50.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
ALLISON, JOHN BEAR
2018
Digital photograph on Kodak Endura paper
20 x 30 1/4 ins. (51.8 x 76.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Digital photograph on Kodak Endura paper
20 x 30 1/4 ins. (51.8 x 76.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
ORKIN, RUTH
1952
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 11 x 14 1/8 ins. (28 x 35.7 cm); Image: 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 ins. (27 x 34.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 11 x 14 1/8 ins. (28 x 35.7 cm); Image: 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 ins. (27 x 34.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
MORGENSTERN, JOHANN FRIEDRICH
Graphite
Sheet: 3 7/8 x 5 7/16 ins. (10.0 x 13.8 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Sheet: 3 7/8 x 5 7/16 ins. (10.0 x 13.8 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
BELLOWS, GEORGE WESLEY
1923
Lithograph
Sheet: 12 x 9 5/8 ins. (30.6 x 24.0 cm); Image: 11 ¼ x 8 5/8 ins. (28.3 x 22.0 cm)
Gift of Christian Vinyard
Lithograph
Sheet: 12 x 9 5/8 ins. (30.6 x 24.0 cm); Image: 11 ¼ x 8 5/8 ins. (28.3 x 22.0 cm)
Gift of Christian Vinyard
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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