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Brown Palettes from Famous Paintings

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

Dorothea and Francesca Cecilia Beaux, 1898 Saint John the Baptist Entering the Wilderness Giovanni di Paolo, 1455–60 New England Scenery Thomas Cole, 1839 Fruits of the Midi Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881 Friar Pedro Shoots El Maragato as His Horse Runs Off Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, c. 1806 Boats on the Beach at Étretat Claude Monet, 1885 Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion Eugène Delacroix, 1849–50 Capture of the Tripoli by the Enterprise Thomas Birch, 1806–12 Valley of Aosta: Snowstorm, Avalanche, and Thunderstorm Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1836–37 Mother and Child Julius Gari Melchers, c. 1906
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