The Muscarelle Museum of Art
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
COLWELL, LARRY
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins. (17.1 x 21.1 cm); Image: 6 5/8 x 8 3/8 ins. (16.8 x 21.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins. (17.1 x 21.1 cm); Image: 6 5/8 x 8 3/8 ins. (16.8 x 21.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
BUBLEY, ESTHER
1950
Gelatin silver print
Image: 10 3/8 x 12 1/4 ins. (26.3 x 31.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Gelatin silver print
Image: 10 3/8 x 12 1/4 ins. (26.3 x 31.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
STORCK, ABRAHAM
Pen and ink, and wash on paper
7 3/4 x 11 11/16 ins. (19.7 x 29.7 cm)
Gift of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman
7 3/4 x 11 11/16 ins. (19.7 x 29.7 cm)
Gift of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman
JOHNS, JASPER
1978 - 1981
Color sugar aquatint on Rives buff mould paper
Sheet: 41 3/8 x 29 1/2 ins. (105.1 x 74.9 cm); Plate: 34 1/4 x 24 3/8 ins. (87.0 x 61.9 cm); Framed: 45 3/8 x 33 1/8 ins. (115.1 x 84.1 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Color sugar aquatint on Rives buff mould paper
Sheet: 41 3/8 x 29 1/2 ins. (105.1 x 74.9 cm); Plate: 34 1/4 x 24 3/8 ins. (87.0 x 61.9 cm); Framed: 45 3/8 x 33 1/8 ins. (115.1 x 84.1 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
NETSCHER, CASPAR
1676
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 29 3/4 x 23 3/4 ins.; Sight: 29 1/2 x 23 1/2 ins.; Framed: 38 1/2 x 32 3/4 ins. (98.2 x 82.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 29 3/4 x 23 3/4 ins.; Sight: 29 1/2 x 23 1/2 ins.; Framed: 38 1/2 x 32 3/4 ins. (98.2 x 82.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
BENTON, THOMAS HART
1933
Graphite on tissue paper
10 3/4 x 9 3/4 ins. (27.2 x 24.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Graphite on tissue paper
10 3/4 x 9 3/4 ins. (27.2 x 24.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
CLOSE, CHUCK
1986
Color woodblock print on Echizen Kozo Nimai Suki paper
Sheet: 32 1/8 x 25 1/4 ins. (81.5 x 64.3 cm); Image: 24 3/4 x 21 1/2 ins. (62.9 x 54.5 cm); Framed: 47 3/8 x 33 1/8 ins. (105.2 x 84 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Color woodblock print on Echizen Kozo Nimai Suki paper
Sheet: 32 1/8 x 25 1/4 ins. (81.5 x 64.3 cm); Image: 24 3/4 x 21 1/2 ins. (62.9 x 54.5 cm); Framed: 47 3/8 x 33 1/8 ins. (105.2 x 84 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
O'KEEFFE, GEORGIA
1932
Oil on panel
Panel: 16 x 20 ins. (40.7 x 50.8 cm); Framed: 23 1/2 x 27 1/4 ins. (59.5 x 69.3 cm)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Oil on panel
Panel: 16 x 20 ins. (40.7 x 50.8 cm); Framed: 23 1/2 x 27 1/4 ins. (59.5 x 69.3 cm)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, 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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