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Homeschool Art Class Winter Session: Ages 6-11
Homeschool Art Class Winter Session: Ages 6-11
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5:30 PM
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Jacob Lawrence: The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture

February 7, 2024 — May 30, 2025
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William & Mary Collects III

February 7, 2025 — May 28, 2025
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Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine

March 6, 2025 — May 28, 2025
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Collection Highlights

The permanent collection at the Muscarelle dates from 1732 and has grown to nearly 8,000 objects.

Explore Highlights from the Collection

Alcatraz Occupation
KANE, ART
1970 (printed 2021)
Archival pigment print
Sheet: 30 x 40 ins. (76.2 x 101.6 cm); Framed: 35 1/4 x 48 ins. (89.4 x 120.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Mother and Child
CADMUS, PAUL
1935
Etching
Sheet: 7 15/16 x 5 7/8 ins. (20.2 x 12.4 cm); Plate: 4 7/16 x 3 7/16 ins. (11.3 x 8.8 cm)
Gift of Ralph H. Wark
Narcissus Gazing at his Reflection
van BABUREN, DIRCK
c. 1621 - 1622
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 37 3/4 x 45 3/4 ins. (95.9 x 116.2 cm); Framed: 47 x 54 7/8 ins. (119.38 x 139.382 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Male Nude with Shell, Hawaii
RITTS, HERB
1988
Platinum print
Sheet: 16 1/4 x 20 1/8 ins. (40.9 x 51.0 cm); Image: 15 3/8 x 19 3/8 ins. (39.9 x 49.3 cm)
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox (W&M '72) and Darrell Hotchkiss
A House in the Village
LANKES, JULIUS JOHN
1/12/1925
Woodblock print, proof I
Sheet: 9 15/16 x 7 5/16 ins. (25.2 x 18.6 cm); Image: 6 13/16 x 4 15/16 ins. (17.3 x 12.6 cm)
Gift of J.B. Lankes in memory of J.J. Lankes
The Kabuki Actor Iwai Hanshiro as Osata
TOYOKUNI
c. 1805
Color woodblock print
14 1/2 x 9 7/8 ins. (36.6 x 25.0 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Libertson
Saints Peter Martyr, Francis, and Mary Magdalen
UNKNOWN after ANDREA DEL SARTO [1486 - 1530]
Late- 16th Century
Black and red chalk
Sight: 14 11/16 x 10 11/16 ins. (37.2 x 27.1 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Winter Snow, Blue Coal Calendar/Joy Winter Day
CLYMER, JOHN FORD
1942
Oil on canvas
Gift of Jane Spencer Smith (W&M '48) and Willard S. Smith (W&M '44), Alumni medallion recipients

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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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