Paintings for Black Walls (page 23)

Warm palettes

Golds, reds and browns. The ones that differ most from the wall in lightness come first, because they stand out best. Showing 1,057 to 1,104 of 1,211.

Dense canopies enclose a forested interior along a stream in this horizontal landscape painting.

Gustave Courbet The Stream (Le Ruisseau du Puits-Noir; vallée de la Loue), 1855 National Gallery of Art

The Woodchopper, Jean-François Millet, c. 1858–66, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet The Woodchopper, c. 1858–66 Art Institute of Chicago

William Forsyth (1749–1814), Henry Raeburn, ca. 1800, oil on canvas

Henry Raeburn William Forsyth (1749–1814), ca. 1800 The Met

Carmencita, William Merritt Chase, 1890, oil on canvas

William Merritt Chase Carmencita, 1890 The Met

Shown from the chest up, an older man with pale, peachy skin, wearing a high-collared black coat and a cream-white, ruffled collar, is shown against a deep wine-red background in this vertical portrait painting.

Gilbert Stuart George Washington (Vaughan-Sinclair portrait), 1795 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the shins up, a pale-skinned, balding, bearded man wearing a voluminous rust-red robe lined with black-speckled white fur looks out at us in this vertical portrait painting.

Jacopo Tintoretto A Procurator of Saint Mark's, c. 1575/1585 National Gallery of Art

The Denial of Saint Peter, Caravaggio, 1610, oil on canvas

Caravaggio The Denial of Saint Peter, 1610 The Met

The Brioche, Édouard Manet, 1870, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet The Brioche, 1870 The Met

A young man with a peachy, ruddy complexion lies on his stomach in a wooden rowboat on a river, reaching forward to grasp the horn of a stag almost completely submerged in the rippling water with one hand.

Winslow Homer Hound and Hunter, 1892 National Gallery of Art

Garden Scene, Jean-François Millet, 1854, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Garden Scene, 1854 The Met

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1627, oil on canvas

Nicolas Poussin The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1627 The Met

Virgin and Child, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1670s, oil on canvas

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Virgin and Child, 1670s The Met

The Lovesick Maiden, Jan Steen, ca. 1660, oil on canvas

Jan Steen The Lovesick Maiden, ca. 1660 The Met

In a space almost entirely shrouded in shadow, light falls across a bearded man kneeling in front of a woman cradling an infant, as about a dozen people to our left look on in this horizontal painting.

Rembrandt van Rijn The Circumcision, 1661 National Gallery of Art

Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo, Paolo Veronese, after c. 1571, oil on canvas

Paolo Veronese Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo, after c. 1571 Cleveland Museum of Art

At the Café, Édouard Vuillard, c. 1897–99, oil on board, laid on cradled panel

Édouard Vuillard At the Café, c. 1897–99 Cleveland Museum of Art

Ferdinand VII (1784–1833), When Prince of Asturias, Francisco de Goya, ca. 1800, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya Ferdinand VII (1784–1833), When Prince of Asturias, ca. 1800 The Met

Riter Fitzgerald, Thomas Eakins, 1895, oil on canvas

Thomas Eakins Riter Fitzgerald, 1895 Art Institute of Chicago

The Adoration of the Shepherds, El Greco, ca. 1612–14, oil on canvas

El Greco The Adoration of the Shepherds, ca. 1612–14 The Met

James Johnston of Straiton (died 1841), Henry Raeburn, 1800, oil on canvas

Henry Raeburn James Johnston of Straiton (died 1841), 1800 The Met

Dark portrait of an older light-skinned women with dark hair in a black dress and white collar, her hair pinned up. Her face is in partial shadow.

Thomas Eakins Portrait of Mary Adeline Williams, 1899 Art Institute of Chicago

Fish Market, Joachim Beuckelaer, 1568, oil on Baltic oak

Joachim Beuckelaer Fish Market, 1568 The Met

This painting shows a man from the chest up, positioned facing the right, gazing into the distance. The male has pale skin, a long nose, and deep-set eyes. He has dark, wavy hair, a pointed beard, and a mustache that hides his mouth.

Thomas Eakins Louis Husson, 1899 National Gallery of Art

Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus, Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1627, oil on canvas

Nicolas Poussin Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus, ca. 1627 The Met

The Collector of Prints, Edgar Degas, 1866, oil on canvas

Edgar Degas The Collector of Prints, 1866 The Met

Man with a Magnifying Glass, Rembrandt van Rijn, early 1660s, oil on canvas

Rembrandt van Rijn Man with a Magnifying Glass, early 1660s The Met

The Jabach Family, Charles Le Brun, ca. 1660, oil on canvas

Charles Le Brun The Jabach Family, ca. 1660 The Met

Painting of a dark-skinned man seated and wearing a red open-necked tunic. He looks up to the right. His wrists are shackled and a large chain rests at his right, running down the bench he sits upon.

John Philip Simpson The Captive Slave (Ira Aldridge), 1827 Art Institute of Chicago

Daniel Crommelin Verplanck, John Singleton Copley, 1771, oil on canvas

John Singleton Copley Daniel Crommelin Verplanck, 1771 The Met

Lieutenant Colonel Paul Pechell (1724–1800), Thomas Gainsborough, 1768, oil on canvas

Thomas Gainsborough Lieutenant Colonel Paul Pechell (1724–1800), 1768 The Met

Narcisa Barañano Gayoso de Goicoechea, Francisco de Goya, ca. 1805, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya Narcisa Barañano Gayoso de Goicoechea, ca. 1805 The Met

The Agony in the Garden, Nicolas Poussin, 1626–27, oil on copper

Nicolas Poussin The Agony in the Garden, 1626–27 The Met

Thomas Willing, Charles Willson Peale, 1782, oil on canvas

Charles Willson Peale Thomas Willing, 1782 The Met

Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion, Eugène Delacroix, 1849–50, oil on paperboard

Eugène Delacroix Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion, 1849–50 Art Institute of Chicago

Pink Azalea—Chinese Vase, William Merritt Chase, 1880–90 (?), oil on wood

William Merritt Chase Pink Azalea—Chinese Vase, 1880–90 (?) The Met

The Proposal, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1872, oil on canvas

William-Adolphe Bouguereau The Proposal, 1872 The Met

A Bearded Man Wearing a Hat, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1655–60, oil on canvas

Rembrandt van Rijn A Bearded Man Wearing a Hat, c. 1655–60 Cleveland Museum of Art

Shown from the waist up, a cleanshaven man with pale, peachy skin, wearing a black cap and a voluminous fur-lined, black cloak, is positioned behind a crimson-red ledge or tabletop in this vertical portrait painting.

Hans Holbein the Younger Sir Brian Tuke, c. 1527/1528 or c. 1532/1534 National Gallery of Art

Study of a Young Woman, Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1665–67, oil on canvas

Johannes Vermeer Study of a Young Woman, ca. 1665–67 The Met

The Chess Players, Thomas Eakins, 1876, oil on wood

Thomas Eakins The Chess Players, 1876 The Met

A young woman peers out to the right from from a Dutch door whose bottom half is closed. She wears a brown dress with a corset and a red beaded necklace.

Rembrandt van Rijn Young Woman at an Open Half-Door, 1645 Art Institute of Chicago

Shown from the hips up, a pale-skinned, heavy-set, elegantly dressed man sits at the corner of a table, looking at us in this vertical portrait painting.

Francisco de Goya Don Antonio Noriega, 1801 National Gallery of Art

Helena Tromper Du Bois, Anthony van Dyck, c. 1631, oil on canvas

Anthony van Dyck Helena Tromper Du Bois, c. 1631 Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1665–67, oil on canvas

Rembrandt van Rijn Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse, 1665–67 The Met

The Forest in Winter at Sunset, Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1846–67, oil on canvas

Théodore Rousseau The Forest in Winter at Sunset, ca. 1846–67 The Met

Man in a Turban, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632, oil on canvas

Rembrandt van Rijn Man in a Turban, 1632 The Met

The Holy Family with Saints Francis and Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist, Peter Paul Rubens, early or mid-1630s, oil on canvas

Peter Paul Rubens The Holy Family with Saints Francis and Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist, early or mid-1630s The Met

Shown from the lap up, a young woman with pale skin, rosy cheeks, dark eyes, and upswept chestnut-brown hair sits in an upholstered chair angled to our left and she looks in that direction in this vertical portrait painting.

Edgar Degas Mademoiselle Malot, c. 1877 National Gallery of Art

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