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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 MoreWhere Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025
August 27, 2025 — Ongoing
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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
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
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
PRATT, CHARLES
c. 1984
Metal, turquoise, coral
Length: 11 ins. (27.9 cm); Width: 4 1/2 ins. (11.2 cm); Height: 4 1/8 ins. (10.3)
Gift of William and Marie Palmer
Metal, turquoise, coral
Length: 11 ins. (27.9 cm); Width: 4 1/2 ins. (11.2 cm); Height: 4 1/8 ins. (10.3)
Gift of William and Marie Palmer
DELACROIX, FERINAND-VICTOR-EUGÉNE
1843
Lithograph
Sheet: 19 1/4 x 13 13/16 ins. (48.9 x 35.1 cm); Image: 11 3/16 x 7 3/4 ins. (28.3 x 19.7 cm)
Gift of the Carnegie Collection
Lithograph
Sheet: 19 1/4 x 13 13/16 ins. (48.9 x 35.1 cm); Image: 11 3/16 x 7 3/4 ins. (28.3 x 19.7 cm)
Gift of the Carnegie Collection
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
ROVERE, GIOVANNI BATTISTA DELLA called IL FLAMMENGHINO
Pen and ink, and wash
Sheet: 8 11/16 x 11 1/2 ins. (22.1 x 29.2 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Sheet: 8 11/16 x 11 1/2 ins. (22.1 x 29.2 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
RHODES, ROSE PECOS-SUN
Ceramic
6 3/4 x 7 x 7 ins. (16.6 x 17.7 x 17.7 cm) [irreg.]
Gift of The Matthews Collection
6 3/4 x 7 x 7 ins. (16.6 x 17.7 x 17.7 cm) [irreg.]
Gift of The Matthews Collection
WESTON, BRETT
1978
Gelatin silver print
Image: 11 5/8 x 10 5/8 ins (29.4 x 27.0)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Gelatin silver print
Image: 11 5/8 x 10 5/8 ins (29.4 x 27.0)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
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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