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Brown Palettes from Famous Paintings

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

Man in Armour Antonio Puga, 17th century Man with a Pen Jonas Welch Holman, 1827–30 Mrs. Benjamin Schaum (Anna Maria Heckensweiler) Jacob Eichholtz, 1808–10 Portrait of a Girl Francesco Solimena, c. 1700 Café Singer Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas, 1879 Woman with a Book Jonas Welch Holman, 1827–30 Portrait of a Man in a Red Cap German, c. 1480 John Philip Kemble Martin Archer Shee, c. 1795 Woman with a Green Book (Louisa Gallond Cook) Erastus Salisbury Field, 1838 Portrait of a Woman Anna Claypoole Peale, 1818
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Light & Pigment

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