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
UNKNOWN
Ivory, mother-of-pearl, and red-colored inlays
1 1/2 h. x 1 1/4 w. x 1 1/4 ins. d. (3.8 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm)
Gift of June and Joseph Hennage
1 1/2 h. x 1 1/4 w. x 1 1/4 ins. d. (3.8 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm)
Gift of June and Joseph Hennage
PETO, JOHN FREDERICK
1899
Oil on academy board
Board: 6 x 9 1/4 ins. (15.3 x 23.2 cm); Framed: 12 1/8 x 15 1/4 ins. (30.7 x 48.8 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
Oil on academy board
Board: 6 x 9 1/4 ins. (15.3 x 23.2 cm); Framed: 12 1/8 x 15 1/4 ins. (30.7 x 48.8 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
WESTON, EDWARD
1936 (printed 1940s-50s)
Gelatin silver print, tipped to Standards Permalife modern mounted
Image: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 ins. (19.1 x 24.1 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Gelatin silver print, tipped to Standards Permalife modern mounted
Image: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 ins. (19.1 x 24.1 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
MARAIS, ADOLPHE CHARLES
1879
Oil on canvas
42 x 69 1/2 ins. (106.7 x 176.5 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Oil on canvas
42 x 69 1/2 ins. (106.7 x 176.5 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
JOHNS, JASPER
1978 - 1981
Color sugar aquatint on Rives buff mould paper
Sheet: 41 3/8 x 29 1/2 ins. (105.1 x 74.9 cm); Plate: 34 1/4 x 24 3/8 ins. (87.0 x 61.9 cm); Framed: 45 3/8 x 33 1/8 ins. (115.1 x 84.1 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Color sugar aquatint on Rives buff mould paper
Sheet: 41 3/8 x 29 1/2 ins. (105.1 x 74.9 cm); Plate: 34 1/4 x 24 3/8 ins. (87.0 x 61.9 cm); Framed: 45 3/8 x 33 1/8 ins. (115.1 x 84.1 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1992
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
18 3/8 x 28 1/4 ins. (46.7 x 71.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds provided by the Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
18 3/8 x 28 1/4 ins. (46.7 x 71.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds provided by the Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
HESS, EMIL JOHN
Brass
10 7/8 h. x 4 3/4 w. x 3 ins. d. (27.7 x 12.0 x 7.5 cm)
Gift of the Betty Parsons Foundation
10 7/8 h. x 4 3/4 w. x 3 ins. d. (27.7 x 12.0 x 7.5 cm)
Gift of the Betty Parsons Foundation
FREBORG, STAN
1958
Oil on canvas
50 x 45 ins. (127.0 x 114.3 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Oil on canvas
50 x 45 ins. (127.0 x 114.3 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
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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