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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
ROMERO, CARA
2017
Archival pigment print
Sheet: 61 x 41 ins. (154.9 x 104.1 cm); Image: 55 x 36 ins. (139.7 x 91.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds from Ann Marie Stock and David Brashear
Archival pigment print
Sheet: 61 x 41 ins. (154.9 x 104.1 cm); Image: 55 x 36 ins. (139.7 x 91.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds from Ann Marie Stock and David Brashear
BUSWELL, RICHARD S.
2004
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 10 x 8 ins. (25.4 x 20.3 cm); Image: 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 ins. (24.4 x 17.0 cm)
Gift of the artist
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 10 x 8 ins. (25.4 x 20.3 cm); Image: 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 ins. (24.4 x 17.0 cm)
Gift of the artist
CADMUS, PAUL
1953
Serigraph
15 13/16 × 18 1/4 in. (40.1 × 46.3 cm)
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox and Darrell Hotchkiss
Serigraph
15 13/16 × 18 1/4 in. (40.1 × 46.3 cm)
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox and Darrell Hotchkiss
ROWLANDSON, THOMAS
After 1793
Black chalk
Sheet: 6 9/16 x 6 3/4 ins. (16.7 x 17.1 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Black chalk
Sheet: 6 9/16 x 6 3/4 ins. (16.7 x 17.1 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
STIEGLITZ, ALFRED
1907
Photogravure on tissue
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 ins. (28.2 x 20.3 cm); Image: 7 ¾ x 6 ¼ ins. (19.7 x 15.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Photogravure on tissue
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 ins. (28.2 x 20.3 cm); Image: 7 ¾ x 6 ¼ ins. (19.7 x 15.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
CHEN, ROBERT
2006
Mixed media on canvas
Framed: 60 x 60 ins. (152.4 x 152.4 cm); Canvas: 51 1/4 x 51 1/4 ins. (130 x 130 cm)
Gift of the artist
Mixed media on canvas
Framed: 60 x 60 ins. (152.4 x 152.4 cm); Canvas: 51 1/4 x 51 1/4 ins. (130 x 130 cm)
Gift of the artist
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
WILSON, FRED
2003
White and black glass, ed. of 20
A: 24 x 4 1/2 x 12 1/4 [diam] ins. (60.9 x 11.4 x 31.1 cm); B: 12 x 12 1/2 x 1 3/4 ins. (32.7 x 30.4 x 4.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
White and black glass, ed. of 20
A: 24 x 4 1/2 x 12 1/4 [diam] ins. (60.9 x 11.4 x 31.1 cm); B: 12 x 12 1/2 x 1 3/4 ins. (32.7 x 30.4 x 4.5 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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