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Black Palettes from Famous Paintings

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

Virgin and Child in an Apse Robert Campin Portrait of an Old Man El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), ca. 1595–1600 Christ Healing the Blind El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), ca. 1570 Portrait of a Woman Francesco Montemezzano Diana Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña, 1849 Portrait of a Man French Painter Retreat from the Storm Jean-François Millet, ca. 1846 The Fishing Boat Gustave Courbet, 1865 The Birth of Cupid Master of Flora Philip IV (1605–1665), King of Spain Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez), probably 1624
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