The Muscarelle Museum of Art
at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts
Experience world-class exhibitions and robust academic programs.
Plan your visit.
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
AVERY, MILTON
1953
Oil on canvas board
Canvas board: 9 x 11 1/2 ins. (22.9 x 29.2 cm); Framed: 13 3/4 x 16 3/4 ins. (30.5 x 42.6 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Oil on canvas board
Canvas board: 9 x 11 1/2 ins. (22.9 x 29.2 cm); Framed: 13 3/4 x 16 3/4 ins. (30.5 x 42.6 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
COLWELL, LARRY
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins. (17.1 x 21.1 cm); Image: 6 5/8 x 8 3/8 ins. (16.8 x 21.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins. (17.1 x 21.1 cm); Image: 6 5/8 x 8 3/8 ins. (16.8 x 21.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
DAUMIER, HONORÉ
Lithograph, printer's proof
10 1/4 x 14 7/8 ins. (26.0 x 37.8 cm)
Museum purchase, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment and the Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
10 1/4 x 14 7/8 ins. (26.0 x 37.8 cm)
Museum purchase, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment and the Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
HOMER, WINSLOW
1871
Wood engraving on paper
Sheet: 10 x 12 3/8 ins. (25.4 x 31.5 cm); Image: 8 ¼ x 11 ins. (20.9 x 27.9 cm)
Gift of Christian Vinyard
Wood engraving on paper
Sheet: 10 x 12 3/8 ins. (25.4 x 31.5 cm); Image: 8 ¼ x 11 ins. (20.9 x 27.9 cm)
Gift of Christian Vinyard
BUYTEWECH, WILLIAM
Black chalk on blue paper
6 1/16 x 5 5/16 ins. (15.5 x 13.5 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
6 1/16 x 5 5/16 ins. (15.5 x 13.5 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
SIMMONS, DANNY
1997
Oil and graphite on cotton canvas
40 x 29 7/8 ins. (101.6 x 75.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil and graphite on cotton canvas
40 x 29 7/8 ins. (101.6 x 75.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
CAGE, JOHN
1989
Spitbite, aquatint, and sugarlift on smoked paper
Sheet: 23 x 18 5/16 ins. (58.4 x 46.6 cm); Image: 14 x 16 ins. (35.5 x 40.7 cm); Framed: 41 1/8 x 33 1/8 ins. (104.4 x 84.1 cm)
Purchase, Museum Aquisition Fund
Spitbite, aquatint, and sugarlift on smoked paper
Sheet: 23 x 18 5/16 ins. (58.4 x 46.6 cm); Image: 14 x 16 ins. (35.5 x 40.7 cm); Framed: 41 1/8 x 33 1/8 ins. (104.4 x 84.1 cm)
Purchase, Museum Aquisition Fund
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
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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