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Black Palettes from Famous Paintings

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

Phebe Russell Swain Welch Sheldon Peck, c. 1837 Portrait of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond (1610-1688) Thomas Flatman, 17th century Monsieur Tortoni baron François Pascal Simon Gérard, c. 1820 John Philip Kemble Martin Archer Shee, c. 1795 Woman with a Green Book (Louisa Gallond Cook) Erastus Salisbury Field, 1838 Mr. Benjamin Schaum Jacob Eichholtz, 1808–10 Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Frans (1633–1678) Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1635 The Dream of Aeneas Salvator Rosa, 1660–65 An Evening School Gerrit Dou, ca. 1655–57 Still Life of Grapes and Peaches Panfilo Nuvolone, ca. 1617
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