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
FEUERMAN, CAROLE A.
2013
Bronze and gold leaf with marble base
Object with base: 24 x 11 x 9 ins. (60.9 x 20.3 x 22.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Bronze and gold leaf with marble base
Object with base: 24 x 11 x 9 ins. (60.9 x 20.3 x 22.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Studio of RENI, GUIDO
c. 1630
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 30 15/16 x 25 7/8 ins.; Framed: 40 1/4 x 34 3/4 ins. (102.5 x 87.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 30 15/16 x 25 7/8 ins.; Framed: 40 1/4 x 34 3/4 ins. (102.5 x 87.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
SALINAS, PORFIRIO
Oil on canvas
Stretcher: 25 1/8 x 30 ins. (63.6 x 76.2 cm)
Bequest of Barbara K. Converse
Stretcher: 25 1/8 x 30 ins. (63.6 x 76.2 cm)
Bequest of Barbara K. Converse
AVERY, MILTON
1957
Watercolor, gouache, and oil on paper
19 1/2 x 25 1/2 ins. (50.7 x 66.0 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Watercolor, gouache, and oil on paper
19 1/2 x 25 1/2 ins. (50.7 x 66.0 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
KÄSEBIER, GERTRUDE
1899
Photogravure printed on tissue
Image: 9 1/4 x 5 1/2 ins. (23.5 x 14 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Photogravure printed on tissue
Image: 9 1/4 x 5 1/2 ins. (23.5 x 14 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
CASTIGLIONE, GIOVANNI BENEDETTO
c. 1645-1650
Etching
Sheet: 4 1/2 x 3 3/8 ins. (11.4 x 8.7 cm); Image: 4 5/16 x 3 5/16 ins. (11.0 x 8.3 cm)
Bequest of Vernon Phillips Weaver
Etching
Sheet: 4 1/2 x 3 3/8 ins. (11.4 x 8.7 cm); Image: 4 5/16 x 3 5/16 ins. (11.0 x 8.3 cm)
Bequest of Vernon Phillips Weaver
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
MACWEENEY, ALEN
1963
Archival pigment print
Sheet: 13 x 19 ins. (32.9 x 48.3 cm) Image: 10 15/16 x 16 9/16 (27.8 x 42.2 cm)
Gift of Sumit Agarwal & Madhushree Goenka, MBA Class of 2005
Archival pigment print
Sheet: 13 x 19 ins. (32.9 x 48.3 cm) Image: 10 15/16 x 16 9/16 (27.8 x 42.2 cm)
Gift of Sumit Agarwal & Madhushree Goenka, MBA Class of 2005
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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