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Brown Palettes from Famous Paintings

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

The Dream of Aeneas Salvator Rosa, 1660–65 The First Communion Eugène Carrière, ca. 1896 Washerwomen François Boucher, 1768 An Evening School Gerrit Dou, ca. 1655–57 Alexander Maconochie (1777–1861) of Meadowbank Sir Henry Raeburn Still Life of Grapes and Peaches Panfilo Nuvolone, ca. 1617 Cavalier and Shepherd Francesco Casanova At the Milliner's Edgar Degas, 1881 Lucia Frederic, Lord Leighton, possibly late 1870s The Presentation in the Temple Alvaro Pirez, ca. 1405–15
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