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Black Palettes from Famous Paintings

Paintings where black is one of the main colors, turned into room palettes.

The Crucifixion Stefano da Verona (Stefano di Giovanni d'Arbosio di Francia), ca. 1400 Saint Catherine of Alexandria in Prison Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari), ca. 1585 Portrait of an Old Woman Jacob Backer Portrait of a Man Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi) Cow in a Barn Camille Corot Portrait of a Man with a Watch Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen the Younger, 1657 Portrait of a Woman Jan van Ravesteyn, 1635 Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762–1848) Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1789 Guardroom with the Deliverance of Saint Peter David Teniers the Younger, ca. 1645–47 Elaine Toby Edward Rosenthal, 1874
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