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Brown Palettes from Famous Paintings

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

The Third Duke of Dorset's Hunter with a Groom and a Dog George Stubbs, 1768 Mr. Benjamin Schaum Jacob Eichholtz, 1808–10 Cain Slaying Abel Pier Francesco Mola, ca. 1650–52 Dancers in the Rehearsal Room with a Double Bass Edgar Degas, ca. 1882–85 A Woman Seated on a Balustrade Marie Denise Villers, ca. 1801 A Beach with Fishing Boats Jan van Goyen, probably 1653 Portrait of a Man Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1647 Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Frans (1633–1678) Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1635 Madonna and Child with the Donor, Pietro de' Lardi, Presented by Saint Nicholas Master G.Z. (possibly Michele dai Carri, Italian, Ferrara, active by 1405–died 1441 Ferrara), ca. 1420–30 The Gathering of Manna Aurelio Lomi
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