Paintings for Black Walls (page 18)

Warm palettes

Golds, reds and browns. The ones that differ most from the wall in lightness come first, because they stand out best. Showing 817 to 864 of 1,211.

Male Academy Figure: Half-Length, Side View, Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1818–20, oil on paper laid down on panel (formerly canvas)

Eugène Delacroix Male Academy Figure: Half-Length, Side View, ca. 1818–20 The Met

Shown from the waist up, a young woman sits on the other side of the edge of a table, leaning toward us on one elbow in this vertical painting. She looks at us with dark brown eyes under faint, arched brows.

Johannes Vermeer Girl with a Flute, c. 1669/1675 National Gallery of Art

The Clove - A Storm Scene in the Catskill Mountains, Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1851, oil on canvas

Jasper Francis Cropsey The Clove - A Storm Scene in the Catskill Mountains, 1851 Cleveland Museum of Art

A pale-skinned woman stands holding a spoon and egg, and bracing a long-handled pan in one elbow, in front of a wooden table near a fireplace mantle in this vertical painting.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin The Attentive Nurse, 1747 National Gallery of Art

Kitchen Utensils with Leeks, Fish, and Eggs, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, c. 1734, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Kitchen Utensils with Leeks, Fish, and Eggs, c. 1734 Cleveland Museum of Art

Mrs. Grace Dalrymple Elliott (1754?–1823), Thomas Gainsborough, 1778, oil on canvas

Thomas Gainsborough Mrs. Grace Dalrymple Elliott (1754?–1823), 1778 The Met

This is a painting of an outdoor scene with a group of people gathered in front of a blue-gray wooden building with a dark door and two windows. Sunflowers grow on either side of the entrance, stretching up to the windows.

Winslow Homer Sketch of a Cottage Yard, c. 1876 National Gallery of Art

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe (1828–1887), Alexandre Cabanel, 1876, oil on canvas

Alexandre Cabanel Catharine Lorillard Wolfe (1828–1887), 1876 The Met

Landscape with a Sunlit Stream, Charles-François Daubigny, ca. 1877, oil on canvas

Charles-François Daubigny Landscape with a Sunlit Stream, ca. 1877 The Met

Roses in a Vase, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1878, oil on fabric

Henri Fantin-Latour Roses in a Vase, 1878 Cleveland Museum of Art

This vertical portrait painting shows a pale-skinned older woman wearing a full, long-sleeved black dress with a wide white ruff at her neck and white lace cuffs at her wrists.

Frans Hals Portrait of a Woman Aged Sixty, 1633 National Gallery of Art

A woman with peachy skin and dark auburn hair is shown from her chest up sitting in a wooden chair in this vertical portrait painting.

Amedeo Modigliani Adrienne (Woman with Bangs), 1917 National Gallery of Art

Fountain of Venus, François Boucher, 1756, oil on canvas

François Boucher Fountain of Venus, 1756 Cleveland Museum of Art

A man looks up as he kneels with his hands clasped in prayer in a small golden boat on a river that rushes toward craggy rocks in this horizontal landscape painting.

Thomas Cole The Voyage of Life: Manhood, 1842 National Gallery of Art

Harriet Hubbard Ayer, Eastman Johnson, 1881, oil on canvas

Eastman Johnson Harriet Hubbard Ayer, 1881 National Gallery of Art

Painted portrait of woman in green dress and cloud backdrop.

John Singleton Copley Mrs. Daniel Hubbard (Mary Greene), c. 1764 Art Institute of Chicago

Mrs. John Winthrop, John Singleton Copley, 1773, oil on canvas

John Singleton Copley Mrs. John Winthrop, 1773 The Met

A woman wearing a crimson-red brocade dress and gold jewelry fills most of this vertical portrait, but her right hand, on our left, rests on the shoulder of a young boy tucked into the lower left corner of the panel.

Agnolo Bronzino A Young Woman and Her Little Boy, c. 1540 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the chest up, a clean shaven, young man with pale, rosy skin and curly, mahogany-red hair, looks at or toward us against a black background in this vertical portrait painting.

Antonello da Messina Portrait of a Young Man, c. 1475/1479 National Gallery of Art

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836), Jacques-Louis David, 1788, oil on canvas

Jacques-Louis David Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836), 1788 The Met

José Costa y Bonells (died l870), Called Pepito, Francisco de Goya, ca. 1810, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya José Costa y Bonells (died l870), Called Pepito, ca. 1810 The Met

Shown from the knees up, an older man sits in a rustic wooden chair and holds up a pocket watch for a young child who stands at his knees in this vertical portrait painting. They both have pale, peachy skin with flushed cheeks.

Henry Raeburn John Tait and His Grandson, c. 1793, with additions c. 1800 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the waist up, an older, pale-skinned man wearing clerical robes gestures to our right with one hand and turns his head to look off to our left in this vertical portrait painting.

Titian Cardinal Pietro Bembo, 1539/1540 National Gallery of Art

Joseph-Antoine Moltedo (born 1775), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, ca. 1810, oil on canvas

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Joseph-Antoine Moltedo (born 1775), ca. 1810 The Met

Two Tritons at the Feast of Acheloüs, Anthony van Dyck, 1627, oil on canvas

Anthony van Dyck Two Tritons at the Feast of Acheloüs, 1627 The Met

Young Man in the Costume of a Majo, Édouard Manet, 1863, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet Young Man in the Costume of a Majo, 1863 The Met

Portrait of a Woman, Amedeo Modigliani, c. 1917–18, oil on canvas

Amedeo Modigliani Portrait of a Woman, c. 1917–18 Cleveland Museum of Art

Peter Paul Rubens Head of One of the Three Kings: Melchior, The Assyrian King, c. 1618 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the chest up, a young, pale-skinned boy dressed in black turns to face us in this vertical portrait painting.

Edgar Degas René de Gas, 1855 National Gallery of Art

Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace, Vincent van Gogh, 1885, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace, 1885 The Met

The Coronation of the Virgin, Annibale Carracci, after 1595, oil on canvas

Annibale Carracci The Coronation of the Virgin, after 1595 The Met

A young woman plays a small pipe organ while a winged angel holds up a piece of sheet music in this horizontal painting. A strong light source illuminates the scene from our right, creating deep shadows in the dark background.

Orazio Gentileschi Saint Cecilia and an Angel, c. 1617/1618 and c. 1621/1627 National Gallery of Art

Charles Claude de Flahaut (1730–1809), Comte d'Angiviller, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1763, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste Greuze Charles Claude de Flahaut (1730–1809), Comte d'Angiviller, 1763 The Met

The Ridotto Pubblico at Palazzo Dandolo, Francesco Guardi, ca. 1765–68, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi The Ridotto Pubblico at Palazzo Dandolo, ca. 1765–68 The Met

The Afternoon Meal (La Merienda), Luis Meléndez, ca. 1772, oil on canvas

Luis Meléndez The Afternoon Meal (La Merienda), ca. 1772 The Met

An orange and the bodies of a large fowl and two rabbits on a brown ledge nearly span the width of this square still life painting. The face of the ledge takes up the bottom quarter of the composition.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Still Life with Game, probably 1750s National Gallery of Art

A path enclosed almost entirely with trees stretches into a dense, sun-dappled forest before us in this horizontal landscape painting.

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña In the Forest, 1874 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a rocky green ravine with a gray stream running through it, surrounded by thick foliage and large boulders. An arched stone bridge crosses over the stream in the center of the painting.

Théodore Rousseau Mountain Stream in the Auvergne, 1830 National Gallery of Art

A tall woman with pale white skin and a shorter man with brown skin stand on a terrace in this vertical, full-length portrait.

Anthony van Dyck Marchesa Elena Grimaldi Cattaneo, 1623 National Gallery of Art

Evening at Medfield, Massachusetts, George Inness, 1875, oil on canvas

George Inness Evening at Medfield, Massachusetts, 1875 The Met

A woman with a pale, peachy skin stands wearing a voluminous rose-pink, silk dress and holding a wreath of pink and white roses and greenery in this vertical portrait painting.

Anthony van Dyck Catherine Howard, Lady d'Aubigny, c. 1638 National Gallery of Art

The face of a young man with peachy-colored skin and dark hair fills this vertical painting. The man is lit from our left but is angled to slightly to our right, so his face is mostly in shadow.

Edgar Degas Self-Portrait with White Collar, c. 1857 National Gallery of Art

Mademoiselle V. . . in the Costume of an Espada, Édouard Manet, 1862, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet Mademoiselle V. . . in the Costume of an Espada, 1862 The Met

Lucia, Frederic Leighton, possibly late 1870s, oil on canvas

Frederic Leighton Lucia, possibly late 1870s The Met

Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara, Hans Memling, early 1480s, oil on wood

Hans Memling Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara, early 1480s The Met

A young woman reclines and reads a book near a stream that winds through a wooded landscape in this horizontal painting. Painted with rich pine green, trees tower along the riverbanks and fill most of the painting.

Camille Corot Forest of Fontainebleau, 1834 National Gallery of Art

A smiling young child holds the latch of an open wooden door as she looks toward a woman to our right in this almost square painting. The woman and child both have pale skin and stand in a bedroom.

Pieter de Hooch The Bedroom, 1658/1660 National Gallery of Art

Cool light filters through a thick, verdant forest in this vertical landscape painting. Most of the trees have high canopies with celery, matcha, and olive-green leaves.

Asher Brown Durand Forest in the Morning Light, c. 1855 National Gallery of Art

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