Paintings for Black Walls (page 15)

Warm palettes

Golds, reds and browns. The ones that differ most from the wall in lightness come first, because they stand out best. Showing 673 to 720 of 1,211.

Large painting of Holy Family: Mary in red, holding baby Jesus.

Peter Paul Rubens The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist, c. 1615 Art Institute of Chicago

A woman with pale, smooth skin stands wearing a loosely draped, champagne-peach dress in this vertical portrait painting. Her body faces us but she turns her head to look down and off to our right with brown eyes.

Thomas Gainsborough Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, 1783 National Gallery of Art

Souvenir of Italy, Camille Corot, 1855–60, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Souvenir of Italy, 1855–60 Art Institute of Chicago

The Sheepshearers, Jean-François Millet, c. 1857–61, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet The Sheepshearers, c. 1857–61 Art Institute of Chicago

Archangel Gabriel; The Virgin Annunciate, Gerard David, ca. 1510, oil on oak panel

Gerard David Archangel Gabriel; The Virgin Annunciate, ca. 1510 The Met

This painting shows a woodland scene with tall trees surrounding a small, still pond. The trees and grassy ground are painted in shades of olive-green, rusty orange, yellow ochre, and dark brown.

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña The Frog Pond, 1876 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the waist up and nearly filling the picture, a young woman with pale skin, dressed in a jewel-toned gown and cape, looks out at us in this vertical painting.

Lorenzo Lotto Saint Catherine, 1522 National Gallery of Art

Reverie, Camille Corot, 1857 or later, oil on wood

Camille Corot Reverie, 1857 or later The Met

Portejoie on the Seine, Charles-François Daubigny, 1858 or 1868, oil on wood

Charles-François Daubigny Portejoie on the Seine, 1858 or 1868 The Met

Portrait of a Woman, Joseph Wright of Derby, ca. 1770, oil on canvas

Joseph Wright of Derby Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1770 The Met

Cupid and Psyche, Jacques-Louis David, 1817, oil on canvas

Jacques-Louis David Cupid and Psyche, 1817 Cleveland Museum of Art

Imaginary View with a Tomb by the Lagoon, Canaletto, early 1740s, oil on canvas

Canaletto Imaginary View with a Tomb by the Lagoon, early 1740s The Met

Shown from the shins up, a woman with pale skin, iron-gray hair, and wearing a high-collared, long-sleeved black dress, stands next to a table against a caramel-brown wall in this vertical portrait painting.

John Singer Sargent Eleanora O'Donnell Iselin (Mrs. Adrian Iselin), 1888 National Gallery of Art

A man sitting in a tall, upholstered armchair reads a newspaper in this vertical portrait painting. The man and the room in which he sits is loosely painted with bold, visible strokes throughout.

Paul Cézanne The Artist's Father, Reading "L'Événement", 1866 National Gallery of Art

Two women and a baby, all with pale skin, sit together on a gray, stone throne with patterned fabric hanging behind them and a patterned rug below in this narrow, vertical painting.

Gerard David The Saint Anne Altarpiece: Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child [middle panel], c. 1500/1520 National Gallery of Art

A long haired, bearded man holds a whip and stands in the middle of a crowd of about two dozen people who stand or twist, all in a building with columns and arches in this horizontal painting.

El Greco Christ Cleansing the Temple, probably before 1570 National Gallery of Art

A Matador, Édouard Manet, 1866–67, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet A Matador, 1866–67 The Met

The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes, Jacopo Tintoretto, ca. 1545–50, oil on canvas

Jacopo Tintoretto The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes, ca. 1545–50 The Met

Three light-skinned men, one with his head and knee bandaged, sit and stand around a rusty, free-standing stove in a room with wide plank floors in this horizontal painting.

William Sidney Mount The Tough Story - Scene in a Country Tavern, 1837 National Gallery of Art

Landscape with Figures (Les Bohémiens), Camille Corot, 1872, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Landscape with Figures (Les Bohémiens), 1872 The Met

This painting depicts a young boy sitting in a relaxed position, with his right arm leaning on a black surface. He has pale skin, wide eyes, and a small, slightly downturned mouth.

Camille Corot Italian Peasant Boy, 1825/1827 National Gallery of Art

The Fortune-Teller, Georges de La Tour, probably 1630s, oil on canvas

Georges de La Tour The Fortune-Teller, probably 1630s The Met

The Wheat Field, George Inness, c. 1875–77, oil on canvas

George Inness The Wheat Field, c. 1875–77 Cleveland Museum of Art

From high above the earth, we look onto a dramatically lit scene with a man falling from a horse-drawn chariot in midair, surrounded by eleven women against a bank of clouds in this horizontal painting.

Peter Paul Rubens The Fall of Phaeton, c. 1604/1605, probably reworked c. 1606/1608 National Gallery of Art

Florentine Poet, Alexandre Cabanel, 1861, oil on wood

Alexandre Cabanel Florentine Poet, 1861 The Met

Souvenir of the Environs of Lake Nemi, Camille Corot, 1865, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Souvenir of the Environs of Lake Nemi, 1865 Art Institute of Chicago

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin The House of Cards, probably 1737 National Gallery of Art

Sunrise, George Inness, 1887, oil on canvas

George Inness Sunrise, 1887 The Met

Shown from the lap up, a pale-skinned woman looks off to the left in front of a vivid green background in this vertical portrait painting.

Lucas Cranach the Elder Portrait of a Woman, 1522 National Gallery of Art

General Étienne-Maurice Gérard (1773–1852), Jacques-Louis David, 1816, oil on canvas

Jacques-Louis David General Étienne-Maurice Gérard (1773–1852), 1816 The Met

In a dance studio, two ballerinas wearing knee-length tutus and ballet slippers sit on a bench and stretch to our right while four more pose at the back of the space, to our left, in this long, horizontal painting.

Edgar Degas Before the Ballet, 1890/1892 National Gallery of Art

Landscape with Ducks, Charles-François Daubigny, 1872, oil on wood

Charles-François Daubigny Landscape with Ducks, 1872 The Met

A large, dark sailing ship to our left is stranded near the shore, angled dramatically away from us, in choppy waves under a periwinkle-blue sky streaked with gray and copper-colored clouds in this horizontal painting.

Asher Brown Durand The Stranded Ship, 1844 National Gallery of Art

The Holy Family with Saint Mary Magdalen, Andrea Mantegna, ca. 1495–1500, distemper on canvas

Andrea Mantegna The Holy Family with Saint Mary Magdalen, ca. 1495–1500 The Met

Petrus Scriverius (1576–1660), Frans Hals, 1626, oil on wood

Frans Hals Petrus Scriverius (1576–1660), 1626 The Met

Young Woman with Her Hand over Her Mouth, Edgar Degas, ca. 1875, oil colors freely mixed with turpentine on canvas

Edgar Degas Young Woman with Her Hand over Her Mouth, ca. 1875 The Met

Peace and Plenty, George Inness, 1865, oil on canvas

George Inness Peace and Plenty, 1865 The Met

Princess Varvara Nikolaevna Gagarina (1762–1802), Jean-Baptiste Greuze, ca. 1780–82, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste Greuze Princess Varvara Nikolaevna Gagarina (1762–1802), ca. 1780–82 The Met

Seven roses in full bloom are clustered in a wide bouquet set against a dark brown background in this horizontal still life painting. The blossom to our left is peach, and a bud dips down in front of that flower.

Henri Fantin-Latour _Roses de Nice_ on a Table, 1882 National Gallery of Art

Prayer in the Mosque, Jean-Léon Gérôme, by 1874, oil on canvas

Jean-Léon Gérôme Prayer in the Mosque, by 1874 The Met

Wild Boars in the Snow, Rosa Bonheur, c. 1872–77, oil on wood panel

Rosa Bonheur Wild Boars in the Snow, c. 1872–77 Cleveland Museum of Art

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Ulysses, 1827 National Gallery of Art

Chrysanthemums in the Garden at Petit-Gennevilliers, Gustave Caillebotte, 1893, oil on canvas

Gustave Caillebotte Chrysanthemums in the Garden at Petit-Gennevilliers, 1893 The Met

Paul Cézanne Man with Pipe, 1892/1896 National Gallery of Art

Head of a Young Woman, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, possibly 1780s, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste Greuze Head of a Young Woman, possibly 1780s The Met

Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, John Singleton Copley, ca. 1763, oil on canvas

John Singleton Copley Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, ca. 1763 The Met

Study of Palm Trees, Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1855/56, oil on canvas, laid down on board

Jean-Léon Gérôme Study of Palm Trees, 1855/56 The Met

Study for the Ceiling of the Marquand Music Room, Frederic Leighton, ca. 1886, oil and gold on canvas

Frederic Leighton Study for the Ceiling of the Marquand Music Room, ca. 1886 The Met

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