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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
DAVID, JACQUES LOUIS
c. 1775 - 1780
Pencil, pen, and wash
Sight: 4 15/16 x 7 15/16 ins. (12.5 x 20.2 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Pencil, pen, and wash
Sight: 4 15/16 x 7 15/16 ins. (12.5 x 20.2 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Circle of CARACCIOLO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA
Pen and brown ink
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 6 1/8 ins. (16.6 x 15.6 cm)
Purchase, Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 6 1/8 ins. (16.6 x 15.6 cm)
Purchase, Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
PICCIRILLI, ATTILIO
Marble
28 1/4 h. x 8 1/8 w. x 16 ins. d. (71.8 x 20.7 x 40.7 cm)
Bequest of Jay Johns
28 1/4 h. x 8 1/8 w. x 16 ins. d. (71.8 x 20.7 x 40.7 cm)
Bequest of Jay Johns
TIEPOLO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA
Before 1757
Etching
9 1/8 x 7 3/16 ins. (23.2 x 18.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Etching
9 1/8 x 7 3/16 ins. (23.2 x 18.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
CUNNINGHAM, IMOGEN
1965
Gelatin silver print
11 1/8 x 9 1/2 ins. (28.1 x 24.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Gelatin silver print
11 1/8 x 9 1/2 ins. (28.1 x 24.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
NISHIJIMA, KATSUYUKI
1979
Color woodblock print
Sheet: 15 x 20 ins. (38 x 46.9 cm); Image: 12 1/2 x 18 1/2 ins. (31.7 x 47 cm)
Gift of David Libertson
Color woodblock print
Sheet: 15 x 20 ins. (38 x 46.9 cm); Image: 12 1/2 x 18 1/2 ins. (31.7 x 47 cm)
Gift of David Libertson
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
WILSON, JOHN
2002
Etching on chine collé
Sheet: 35 3/4 x 29 7/8 ins. (91.0 x 75.8 cm); Image: 30 3/4 x 27 3/8 ins. (76.5 x 69.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Etching on chine collé
Sheet: 35 3/4 x 29 7/8 ins. (91.0 x 75.8 cm); Image: 30 3/4 x 27 3/8 ins. (76.5 x 69.6 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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