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Curator’s Opening Lecture – Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
5:00 PM
Lecture
Homeschool Workshop: Michelangelo – A Fresco Painting Experience
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
10:00 AM
Workshop
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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
EBERLE, EDWARD SAMUEL
1992
Porcelain, wheel thrown and altered, terra sigillata
12 15/16 x 7 1/8 x 6 9/16 ins. diam. (33.0 x 18.1 x 16.8 cm)
Purchase, Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund
Porcelain, wheel thrown and altered, terra sigillata
12 15/16 x 7 1/8 x 6 9/16 ins. diam. (33.0 x 18.1 x 16.8 cm)
Purchase, Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund
LELY, SIR PETER
1640-45
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 26 5/8 x 28 1/8 ins.; Framed: 37 x 38 1.4 ins. (94.5 x 97.5 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Hedberg
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 26 5/8 x 28 1/8 ins.; Framed: 37 x 38 1.4 ins. (94.5 x 97.5 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Hedberg
BRUNETTI, MARKUS
2013-2015
Archival pigment print
Image: 113 3/8 x 54 5/16 ins. (288.0 x 138.0 cm); Sheet: 118 3/16 x 59 1/16 ins. (300.0 x 150.0 cm); Framed: 119 15/16 x 60 13/16 ins. (304.5 x 154.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Archival pigment print
Image: 113 3/8 x 54 5/16 ins. (288.0 x 138.0 cm); Sheet: 118 3/16 x 59 1/16 ins. (300.0 x 150.0 cm); Framed: 119 15/16 x 60 13/16 ins. (304.5 x 154.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
DE MARIA, WALTER
1973
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 8 15/16 x 11 15/16 ins. (22.6 x 30.2 cm); Image: 4 9/16 x 11 15/16 ins. (11.7 x 30.2 cm)
Purchase, The Jean Outland Chrysler Memorial Fund
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 8 15/16 x 11 15/16 ins. (22.6 x 30.2 cm); Image: 4 9/16 x 11 15/16 ins. (11.7 x 30.2 cm)
Purchase, The Jean Outland Chrysler Memorial Fund
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
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
CESARI, GIUSEPPE called CAVALIERE D’ARPINO
c. 1600 - 1620
Red chalk on paper
Sight: 6 1/8 x 4 ins. (15.5 x 10.2 cm); Frame: 12 x 10 1/2 ins. (30.5 x 26.7 cm)
Bequest of Doris Piper Lamberson
Red chalk on paper
Sight: 6 1/8 x 4 ins. (15.5 x 10.2 cm); Frame: 12 x 10 1/2 ins. (30.5 x 26.7 cm)
Bequest of Doris Piper Lamberson
KEYSER, ROBERT G.
1954 - 1957
Oil on canvas
38 1/4 x 57 3/4 ins. (97.2 x 146.7 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen
Oil on canvas
38 1/4 x 57 3/4 ins. (97.2 x 146.7 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen
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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