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Olive Palettes from Famous Paintings

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

The Family of Mr. Westphal in the Conservatory Eduard Gaertner, 1836 Portrait of a Man Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), ca. 1655–60 Man Weighing Gold Adriaen Isenbrant, ca. 1515–20 The Forest at Pontaubert Georges Seurat, 1881 Saint Jerome Antonio Vivarini, 1440s Young Herdsmen with Cows Aelbert Cuyp, ca. 1655–60 Croquet Scene Winslow Homer, 1866 View of Cotopaxi Frederic Edwin Church, 1857 Still Life Georg Flegel, probably ca. 1625–30 A Friendly Warning Thomas Hicks, 1881–90
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