Public domain art in black
Artworks whose dominant colour is black, measured from the image itself rather than from a curator's tag. Every work here is free to download and reuse.
Works in Public domain art in black

Study of a Nude Man
Pierre Narcisse Guérin

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821)
French Painter

The Crucifixion, (reverse) Saint Francis of Assisi; The Resurrection, (reverse) An Abbot Saint, Possibly Saint Benedict
Northern French Painter

Portrait of a Man of the Moncheaux Family
Northern French Painter

The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches
Henry Fuseli

A Basket and Birds
Jan Fyt

A Hare and Birds
Jan Fyt

A Hare, Partridges, and Fruit
Jan Fyt

A Partridge and Small Game Birds
Jan Fyt

Charles Rousseau Burney (1747–1819)
Thomas Gainsborough

A Boy with a Cat—Morning
Thomas Gainsborough

Lieutenant Colonel Paul Pechell (1724–1800)
Thomas Gainsborough

Mrs. Grace Dalrymple Elliott (1754?–1823)
Thomas Gainsborough

Portrait of a Young Woman, Called Miss Sparrow
Thomas Gainsborough

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Reviving the Birds
Garofalo (Benvenuto Tisi da Garofalo)

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Reviving a Child
Garofalo (Benvenuto Tisi da Garofalo)

Esther before Ahasuerus
Artemisia Gentileschi

Portrait of a Man in Profile
Italian Painter

The Annunciation
South Netherlandish Painter

Portrait of a Man
German (Nuremberg) Painter

Cafe House, Cairo (Casting Bullets)
Jean-Léon Gérôme

Tiger and Cubs
Jean-Léon Gérôme

Selvaggia Sassetti (born 1470)
Davide Ghirlandaio (David Bigordi)

Diana the Huntress
Giampietrino (Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli)

Madonna and Child with Donors
Giovanni da Milano

Madonna and Child with Two Angels and a Donor
Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia)

Paradise
Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia)

Portrait of a Man
Hugo van der Goes

A Benedictine Monk
Hugo van der Goes

The Adoration of the Magi
Hugo van der Goes

Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace
Vincent van Gogh

Portrait of a Man
Jan Gossart (called Mabuse)

Virgin and Child
Jan Gossart (called Mabuse)

Sebastián Martínez y Pérez (1747–1800)
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)

Ignacio Garcini y Queralt (1752–1825), Brigadier of Engineers
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)

Josefa de Castilla Portugal y van Asbrock de Garcini (1775–about 1850)
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)

Tiburcio Pérez y Cuervo (1785/86–1841), the Architect
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)

Don Bernardo de Iriarte (1735–1814)
Goya

Infanta María Luisa (1782–1824) and Her Son Carlos Luis (1799–1883)
Goya

María Luisa of Parma (1751–1819), Queen of Spain
Goya

The Choir of the Capuchin Church in Rome
François Marius Granet

The Adoration of the Shepherds
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)

The Adoration of the Shepherds
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) and Workshop

Saint Andrew
El Greco

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

Study of a Woman’s Head
Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Madame Jean-Baptiste Nicolet (Anne Antoinette Desmoulins, 1743–1817)
Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Head of a Young Boy
Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The Vocation of Saint Aloysius (Luigi) Gonzaga
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Ruff
Frans Hals

Paulus Verschuur (1606–1667)
Frans Hals

Portrait of a Man
Frans Hals

Portrait of a Woman
Frans Hals

Boy with a Lute
Frans Hals

Malle Babbe
Frans Hals

Moonrise
Henri-Joseph Harpignies

A Vase of Flowers
Margareta Haverman

Still Life with a Glass and Oysters
Jan Davidsz de Heem

Still Life: A Banqueting Scene
Jan Davidsz de Heem

Jacob Willemsz van Veen (1456–1535), the Artist's Father
Maarten van Heemskerck