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Brown Palettes from Famous Paintings

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

The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking South toward the Rialto Bridge Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal), 1730s Pasture in Normandy Constant Troyon, 1852 Mrs. William Astor (Caroline Webster Schermerhorn, 1831–1908) Carolus-Duran (Charles-Auguste-Emile Durant), 1890 Woman Standing Beside a Balustrade with a Poodle Paul Ranson, ca. 1895 Saints John the Evangelist and Lawrence Defendente Ferrari After the Ball Alfred Stevens, 1874 Desdemona (The Song of the Willow) Théodore Chassériau, 1849 Portrait of a Woman Bernhard Strigel, ca. 1510–15 The Swing Hubert Robert, 1777–79 A Banquet Dirck Hals, 1628
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