The Muscarelle Museum of Art
at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts
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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
KOEKKOEK, HENDRICK PIETER
Oil on canvas
Stretcher: 26 1/2 x 39 3/4 ins. (67.3 x 101.0 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Brummer
Stretcher: 26 1/2 x 39 3/4 ins. (67.3 x 101.0 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Brummer
DIZIANI, GASPARE
c. 1750
Pen and brown ink
8 3/8 x 6 ¾ ins. (21.3 x 17.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Pen and brown ink
8 3/8 x 6 ¾ ins. (21.3 x 17.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
RUSCHA, ED
2021
Direct gravure printed in black and blue
Sheet: 28 1/2 x 24 1/4 ins. (72.4 x 62.2 cm); Image: 23 1/4 x 19 1/4 ins. (59.0 x 48.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Direct gravure printed in black and blue
Sheet: 28 1/2 x 24 1/4 ins. (72.4 x 62.2 cm); Image: 23 1/4 x 19 1/4 ins. (59.0 x 48.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
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
LOPER, EDWARD L. SR.
1954
Oil on linen canvas
22 1/4 x 27 1/8 ins. (56.5 x 68.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on linen canvas
22 1/4 x 27 1/8 ins. (56.5 x 68.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
BUFFALOHEAD, JULIE
2014
Lithograph on Kozo Shi wove paper
Sight: 22 1/4 x 59 7/8 ins. (56.5 x 152 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Lithograph on Kozo Shi wove paper
Sight: 22 1/4 x 59 7/8 ins. (56.5 x 152 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
GROHS, HANS
1967
Pen and ink, and gouache
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 10 3/4 ins. (22.6 x 27.3 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Frauken Grohs Collinson
Pen and ink, and gouache
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 10 3/4 ins. (22.6 x 27.3 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Frauken Grohs Collinson
COLE, WILLIE
2012
Intaglio and relief
Sheet: 63 1/2 x 22 1/2 ins. (162.6 x 58.4 cm); Framed: 67 9/16 x 26 9/16 ins. (171.8 x 67.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Intaglio and relief
Sheet: 63 1/2 x 22 1/2 ins. (162.6 x 58.4 cm); Framed: 67 9/16 x 26 9/16 ins. (171.8 x 67.6 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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