New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome and Firefox. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome Add to Firefox

Black

20,076 works

Oval portrait of a mustached man in a dark military uniform with gold epaulettes and a medal, against a brown background.

Luigi Palma di Cesnola

Jacob D. Blondel, 1865

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a black dress, grey shawl and white lace cap, resting her hand on a book.

Mrs. Gideon Tucker

William Sidney Mount, 1830

Black-and-white reproduction of a 1814 portrait of a seated woman in a dark dress and embroidered lace shawl, hand to cheek.

Martha Stewart Wilson

James Peale, 1814

Black and white reproduction of a painting of a girl in a white puffed-sleeve dress reaching toward flowers.

Portrait of a Girl with Flowers

Samuel Lovett Waldo, ca. 1835

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark jacket and white collar against a dark background, turned to the side.

Portrait of a Man

Gustave Courbet, probably ca. 1862

Oil portrait of a woman in a lace bonnet, dark dress and striped shawl, against a dark olive background.

Madame Henri François Riesener (Félicité Longrois, 1786-1847)

Eugène Delacroix, 1835

Seated woman in a dark dress with lace cuffs and a brooch, against a shadowy background, by Mariano Fortuny y Marsal.

Mirope Savati Gaye

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, 1865

Seated woman with long reddish hair in a white dress holding a folded fan, against a dark background.

Josefa de Castilla Portugal y van Asbrock de Garcini (1775-about 1850)

Francisco Goya, 1804

Oil portrait of a young woman in a black gown with red sleeve ribbons, gold headdress and jewellery, hands clasped.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1540-45

Painting of a toddler in a white turban and green vest kneeling with a ball, pretzel, and marionette doll beside a red bench.

Portrait of a Boy

Louis-Léopold Boilly, ca. 1805

Oil portrait of a young child with curly reddish hair in a dark blue garment, resting an arm on a blue ledge.

Portrait of a Child

Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Painting of a young woman in a white headscarf churning butter in a wooden churn in a dim interior.

Young Woman Churning Butter

Jean-François Millet, 1848

Half-length portrait of a man in black cloak and white collar against grey drapery, dated 1647.

Valentin Valleron de Perrochel

Philippe de Champaigne

Black-and-white reproduction of a painted portrait of a young girl in a white dress holding a basket of roses against a dark

Portrait of Henrietta Edgcumbe

Joshua Reynolds, 1759

Painting of an angel freeing a chained man from a stone prison, passing sleeping soldiers through an open wooden door.

St. Peter Released from Prison

Benjamin West, 1800

Full-length portrait of a young boy in a white gown and dark cloak on a checkered floor, with an age inscription.

Robert Gibbs at 4 1/2 Years

Freake-Gibbs painter, 1670

Oil portrait of a woman in a black dress, white ruffled bonnet and white bow collar against a dark background.

Mrs. Robert Jenkins (Catharine Carmichael)

Jacob Eichholtz

Portrait of a young woman in a white dress holding a pink rose, against a dark background.

Mary Ann Hardy

Jeremiah Pearson Hardy, 1821

Portrait of a standing older man in a red coat gesturing toward scrolls and documents on a table.

Samuel Adams

John Singleton Copley, 1772

Portrait of a seated woman in a blue satin dress and lace cuffs, holding a fan in a red armchair.

Cornelia M. Walter (Mrs. William B. Richards)

Thomas Ball, 1850

Dim wooded landscape with dark trees, small figures near a spring, and a pale water horizon under a cloudy sky.

Women at the Spring

Emmanuel Lansyer, 1865

Oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark fur hat, looking downward against a brown background.

Portrait of an Old Man

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich

Half-length oil portrait of a man in a dark coat with fur collar and cuffs, holding a book and quill pen.

Portrait of Józef Brodowski

Rafał Hadziewicz, 1837

Painting of a ship wrecked in a storm, with survivors on rocks and a rescue boat amid crashing waves below a dark sky.

Castaways on the sea

Pierre-Jacques Volaire, 1763

Elderly woman in a dark headscarf cradles a sleeping child by a hearth, with a wicker basket and clay jug nearby.

Granny’s treasure

Jan Kauzik, 1885

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man with a fur collar and brown waistcoat against a dark background.

The Artist's Father, Lars Bergslien

Knud Bergslien, 1870

Portrait of a woman in a black dress with white lace collar, pearls and pink roses, against a dark background.

Karen Nielsen, b. Wedel Jarlsberg

Harriet Backer, 1876

Girl Looking through a Telescope

Oval painting of peasants brawling with kitchen tools, a man in a feathered hat knocked down, and a building with ivy.

Battle Between Carnival and Lent

Jan Miense Molenaer, 1633

Five men in dim tavern setting, some in armor, gathered around a table playing cards and dice in candlelight.

Soldiers Playing Cards and Dice (The Cheats)

Valentin de Boulogne, c. 1618/1620