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
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
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
WATSON-SCHÜTZE, EVA
1905
Photogravure printed on brown paper
Sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 3/8 ins. (29.8 x 20.7 cm); Image: 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 ins. (21.2 x 16.5 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Photogravure printed on brown paper
Sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 3/8 ins. (29.8 x 20.7 cm); Image: 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 ins. (21.2 x 16.5 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
DA TRENTO, ANTONIO
Chiaroscuro woodcut
Sheet: 10 ½ x 13 5/8 ins. (26.7 x 34.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Sheet: 10 ½ x 13 5/8 ins. (26.7 x 34.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
SCHMIDT-ROTTLUFF, KARL
1914
Woodcut
Sheet: 24 3/4 x 20 1/8 ins. (61.9 x 51.0 cm) [irreg.]; Image: 19 3/4 x 15 3/8 ins. (50.2 x 39.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Woodcut
Sheet: 24 3/4 x 20 1/8 ins. (61.9 x 51.0 cm) [irreg.]; Image: 19 3/4 x 15 3/8 ins. (50.2 x 39.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1986
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
28 1/2 x 18 1/2 ins. (72.4 x 47 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
28 1/2 x 18 1/2 ins. (72.4 x 47 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
PORTER, EDWIN DAVID
1952
Oil on canvas
40 5/8 x 50 3/8 ins. (103.1 x 127.9 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Oil on canvas
40 5/8 x 50 3/8 ins. (103.1 x 127.9 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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