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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
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
RICHTER, GERHARD
1968
Color collotype on light-weight, ivory wove paper
33 1/8 x 23 1/2 ins. (84.2 x 59.7 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest
Color collotype on light-weight, ivory wove paper
33 1/8 x 23 1/2 ins. (84.2 x 59.7 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest
WORSDALE, JAMES after JOHANN KERSEBOOM [ - 1708]
1720 or 1726
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 49 x 39 ins. (124.5 x 99.1 cm); Framed: 61 x 50 ins. (154.9 x 120.7 cm)
Gift of the Third Earl of Burlington
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 49 x 39 ins. (124.5 x 99.1 cm); Framed: 61 x 50 ins. (154.9 x 120.7 cm)
Gift of the Third Earl of Burlington
DEGAS, HILAIRE-GERMAIN-EDGAR
c. 1888
Monotype printed in black on white laid paper
Framed: 21 1/4 x 19 1/2 ins. (54.0 x 50.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Monotype printed in black on white laid paper
Framed: 21 1/4 x 19 1/2 ins. (54.0 x 50.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
SAAR, BETYE
1998
Color lithograph, hand-coloring, and collage, artist's proof 6
Sheet: 27 1/8 x 22 1/2 ins. (68.9 x 57.15 cm); Image: 27 1/8 x 22 1/2 ins. (68.9 x 57.15 cm)
Purchase, Thomas W. & Lolita Gayle Memorial Fund
Color lithograph, hand-coloring, and collage, artist's proof 6
Sheet: 27 1/8 x 22 1/2 ins. (68.9 x 57.15 cm); Image: 27 1/8 x 22 1/2 ins. (68.9 x 57.15 cm)
Purchase, Thomas W. & Lolita Gayle Memorial Fund
ATGET, EUGÈNE
Gelatin silver print
Support: 20 x 16 ins. (50.8 x 40.6 cm); Image: 19 3/8 x 14 3/4 ins. (49.2 x 37.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Support: 20 x 16 ins. (50.8 x 40.6 cm); Image: 19 3/8 x 14 3/4 ins. (49.2 x 37.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
CLONNEY, JAMES GOODWYN
Pencil
Sight: 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 ins. (18.5 x 24.2 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Sight: 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 ins. (18.5 x 24.2 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
GOTTLIEB, ADOLPH
1969 (published 1971)
Color lithograph on Arches paper
Sheet: 25 ¾ x 19 ¾ ins. (65.5 x 50.3 cm); Image: 24 7/8 x 19 ins. (63.1 x 48.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Color lithograph on Arches paper
Sheet: 25 ¾ x 19 ¾ ins. (65.5 x 50.3 cm); Image: 24 7/8 x 19 ins. (63.1 x 48.3 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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