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Brown Palettes from Famous Paintings

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

The Penitence of Saint Jerome Joachim Patinir, ca. 1515 The Interrupted Sleep François Boucher, 1750 The Silver Tureen Jean Siméon Chardin, ca. 1728–30 Portrait of a Man Italian Painter The Dead Christ in the Tomb with Two Angels Abraham Janssen van Nuyssen, ca. 1610 Saint Martin and the Beggar Domenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco, c. 1597–c. 1600 Springtime Théodore Rousseau, c. 1860 On the Road Jules Dupré, 1856 A Mounted Officer Jean Baptiste Édouard Detaille, 1877 The Crucifixion Carlo Crivelli, c. 1487
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Light & Pigment

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