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
Learn MoreUpcoming
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
DUCHAMP, GASTON called JACQUES VILLON
1900
Etching and aquatint printed in black, green, yellow-green, red, orange-brown, purple and gray on medium wove paper
Sheet: 20 1/2 x 14 3/4 ins. (52.3 x 37.4 cm); Plate: 14 x 11 ins. (35.6 x 28.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Etching and aquatint printed in black, green, yellow-green, red, orange-brown, purple and gray on medium wove paper
Sheet: 20 1/2 x 14 3/4 ins. (52.3 x 37.4 cm); Plate: 14 x 11 ins. (35.6 x 28.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
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
MELLAN, CLAUDE
1649
Engraving
Sheet: 17 1/4 x 12 3/4 ins. (44.0 x 32.3 cm); Plate: 17 x 12 1/2 ins. (43.2 x 31.7 cm)
Purchase, Ralph and Doris Piper Lamberson Memorial Endowment Fund
Engraving
Sheet: 17 1/4 x 12 3/4 ins. (44.0 x 32.3 cm); Plate: 17 x 12 1/2 ins. (43.2 x 31.7 cm)
Purchase, Ralph and Doris Piper Lamberson Memorial Endowment Fund
WATKINS, CARLETON
c. 1878-1881
Albumen silver print
Sheet: 15 3/8 x 21 1/4 ins (38.9 x 54 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Albumen silver print
Sheet: 15 3/8 x 21 1/4 ins (38.9 x 54 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
SMITH, JAUNE QUICK-TO-SEE
2003
Charcoal and pencil
24 1/4 x 20 ins. (61.5 x 51.1 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisitions Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
Charcoal and pencil
24 1/4 x 20 ins. (61.5 x 51.1 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisitions Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
BOTKIN, HENRY ALBERT
1934 - 1935
Oil on board
24 1/4 x 20 1/8 ins. (61.6 x 51.1 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Oil on board
24 1/4 x 20 1/8 ins. (61.6 x 51.1 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
LINDBERG, ARTHUR H.
1947
Oil on canvas board
16 x 20 ins. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on canvas board
16 x 20 ins. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
ABBOTT, BERENICE
1932 (printed later)
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 23 7/8 x 19 11/16 ins. (60.5 x 50.5 cm); Image: 22 x 17 3/8 ins. (55.9 x 44.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 23 7/8 x 19 11/16 ins. (60.5 x 50.5 cm); Image: 22 x 17 3/8 ins. (55.9 x 44.3 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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