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Black Palettes from Famous Paintings

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

The Flood Gate Emile van Marcke Portrait of a Man Hugo van der Goes, ca. 1475 The Captive Slave (Ira Aldridge) John Philip Simpson, 1827 Alice William Merritt Chase, 1892 Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers Édouard Manet, 1865 Mountain Brook Albert Bierstadt, 1863 Moses Striking the Rock Abraham Bloemaert, 1596 Still Life Georg Flegel, probably ca. 1625–30 The Entombment Moretto da Brescia (Alessandro Bonvicino), 1554 A Musician and His Daughter Thomas de Keyser, 1629
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