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
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
HOREMANS, PETER JACOB
Red chalk on paper
12 7/16 x 7 3/4 ins. (31.6 x 19.8 cm)
Gift of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman
12 7/16 x 7 3/4 ins. (31.6 x 19.8 cm)
Gift of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman
MORAN, MARY NIMMO
1880
Etching
Sheet: 9 x 12 1/4 ins. (22.9 x 31.0 cm); Image: 5 5/8 x 7 1/2 ins. (14.3 x 19.7 cm)
Gift of Christian Vinyard
Etching
Sheet: 9 x 12 1/4 ins. (22.9 x 31.0 cm); Image: 5 5/8 x 7 1/2 ins. (14.3 x 19.7 cm)
Gift of Christian Vinyard
Circle of CARACCIOLO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA
Pen and brown ink
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 6 1/8 ins. (16.6 x 15.6 cm)
Purchase, Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 6 1/8 ins. (16.6 x 15.6 cm)
Purchase, Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
DIX, OTTO
1922
Drypoint on heavy wove paper
Plate: 13 5/8” x 12” (34.6 x 30.5 cm); Sheet: 19 3/4’’x 13 3/4’’ (50.0 x 35.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Drypoint on heavy wove paper
Plate: 13 5/8” x 12” (34.6 x 30.5 cm); Sheet: 19 3/4’’x 13 3/4’’ (50.0 x 35.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
UNKNOWN
c. 1870
Watercolor
7 5/8 x 6 ins. (19.4 x 15.24 cm)
Gift of Graham and Gale Hood
Watercolor
7 5/8 x 6 ins. (19.4 x 15.24 cm)
Gift of Graham and Gale Hood
DE HOOGHE, ROMEYN
11/14/1677
Etching
Sheet: 27 x 19 1/4 ins. (68.6 x 48.8 cm); Image: 26 x 18 1/2 ins. (66.1 x 47.0 cm)
Purchase, the Ralph and Doris Piper Lamberson Memorial Endowment Fund
Etching
Sheet: 27 x 19 1/4 ins. (68.6 x 48.8 cm); Image: 26 x 18 1/2 ins. (66.1 x 47.0 cm)
Purchase, the Ralph and Doris Piper Lamberson Memorial Endowment Fund
CARREÑO, MARIO
1956
Oil on linen
Framed: 37 5/8 x 25 3/8 ins. (95.5 x 64.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on linen
Framed: 37 5/8 x 25 3/8 ins. (95.5 x 64.5 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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