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Brown Palettes from Famous Paintings

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

Portrait of a Man Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1693 Vanitas Still Life Edwaert Collier, 1662 Sandy Road with a Farmhouse Jan van Goyen, 1627 María Luisa of Parma (1751–1819), Queen of Spain Goya The Musicians Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi), 1597 The Young Virgin Francisco de Zurbarán, ca. 1632–33 The Capture of Carthage Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1725–29 Man Weighing Gold Adriaen Isenbrant, ca. 1515–20 The Triumph of Marius Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1729 Portrait of a Man Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), ca. 1655–60
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