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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
MORGENSTERN, JOHANN FRIEDRICH
Graphite
Sheet: 3 7/8 x 5 7/16 ins. (10.0 x 13.8 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Sheet: 3 7/8 x 5 7/16 ins. (10.0 x 13.8 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
GROHS, HANS
Watercolor, pen and ink, and gouache
Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 ins. (22.2 x 28.7 cm)
Purchase, Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 ins. (22.2 x 28.7 cm)
Purchase, Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
Attributed to BOTH, JAN
Pen and brown ink, and wash
Sight: 3 5/16 x 4 13/16 ins. (8.4 x 12.3 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Sight: 3 5/16 x 4 13/16 ins. (8.4 x 12.3 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
SNOWDEN, AMY
2015
Watercolor on paper
Sheet: 22 x 30 ins. (76.2 x 55.9 cm); Framed: 40 1/2 x 32 3/4 ins. (102.8 x 83.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Watercolor on paper
Sheet: 22 x 30 ins. (76.2 x 55.9 cm); Framed: 40 1/2 x 32 3/4 ins. (102.8 x 83.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
GOLDBERG, MICHAEL
1953
Oil on canvas
51 1/2 x 66 1/2 ins. (130 x 168.9 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Oil on canvas
51 1/2 x 66 1/2 ins. (130 x 168.9 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
SALLAERT, ANTOINE
White gouache and dark brown wash on light brown, prepared paper
Sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 ins. (21.0 x 15.2 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 ins. (21.0 x 15.2 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
DINE, JAMES
1974-1976
Etching and hand-coloring in watercolor
Sheet: 39 1/4 x 27 3/4 ins. (99.5 x 70.5 cm); Plate: 26 x 24 ins. (66.1 x 60.9 cm); Framed: 45 5/8 x 32 7/8 ins. (113.3 x 83.5 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest
Etching and hand-coloring in watercolor
Sheet: 39 1/4 x 27 3/4 ins. (99.5 x 70.5 cm); Plate: 26 x 24 ins. (66.1 x 60.9 cm); Framed: 45 5/8 x 32 7/8 ins. (113.3 x 83.5 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest
GARCIA ROSSI, HORACIO
Gouache and ink on board
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
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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