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Olive Palettes from Famous Paintings

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

Ecce Agnus Dei Giovanni di Paolo, 1455–60 Landscape Théodore Rousseau, c. 1850 New England Scenery Thomas Cole, 1839 Magnolias on Light Blue Velvet Cloth Martin Johnson Heade, 1885–95 A Marine George Inness, c. 1874–75 The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky Jules Dupré, c. 1860 The Last Judgment Joos van Cleve, ca. 1525–30 Heroic Landscape with Rainbow Joseph Anton Koch, 1824 Study of Water and Plants Thomas Fearnley, 1837 Portrait of a Woman Jean Marc Nattier, 1753
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