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

The Rape of Tamar

Eustache Le Sueur

Lucia

Frederic, Lord Leighton

Lachrymae

Frederic, Lord Leighton

Study for a Portrait of a Woman

Sir Peter Lely (Pieter van der Faes)

Sir Henry Capel (1638–1696)

Sir Peter Lely (Pieter van der Faes)

Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria (1821–1912)

Franz von Lenbach

Allegory of Avarice

Jacopo Ligozzi

Battle Scene

Johannes Lingelbach

The Meeting

Pietro Longhi (Pietro Falca)

Madonna Adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel

Lorenzo di Credi (Lorenzo d'Andrea d'Oderigo)

Portrait of a Young Woman

Lorenzo di Credi (Lorenzo d'Andrea d'Oderigo)

David

Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni)

Brother Gregorio Belo of Vicenza

Lorenzo Lotto

Madonna and Child

Luca di Tommè di Nuto

Girls at a Window

Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta

Ingena Rotterdam (died 1704), Betrothed of Admiral Jacob Binkes

Nicolaes Maes

Admiral Jacob Binkes (born about 1640, died 1677)

Nicolaes Maes

The Lacemaker

Nicolaes Maes

Portrait of a Woman

Nicolaes Maes

Young Woman Peeling Apples

Nicolaes Maes

Sebastian Andorfer (1469–1537)

Hans Maler

The Brioche

Edouard Manet

Copy after Delacroix's "Bark of Dante"

Edouard Manet

Fishing

Edouard Manet

Head of Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830–1914)

Edouard Manet

Madonna and Child with Seraphim and Cherubim

Andrea Mantegna

Still Life with Poppy, Insects, and Reptiles

Otto Marseus van Schrieck

Saint Anthony of Padua

Maso di Banco

Pierre Louis Dubus (1721–1799), Called Préville, of the Comédie-Française

Jean-Baptiste Massé

Portrait of a Man

Quinten Massys

Portrait of a Woman

Quinten Massys

Jan (1438/41–1516), First Count of Egmond; Magdalena, Countess of Egmond (1464–1538)

North Netherlandish Painter

Portrait of a Woman

Master of the Castello Nativity

Saint Adalbert and Saint Procopius

Master of Eggenburg

The Descent from the Cross

Master of the Holy Blood

Madonna and Child with the Donor, Pietro de' Lardi, Presented by Saint Nicholas

Master G.Z. (possibly Michele dai Carri, Italian, Ferrara, active by 1405–died 1441 Ferrara)

Virgin and Child

Master of the Mansi Magdalen

Crucifix

Master of the Orcagnesque Misericordia

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Angels

Master called Pseudo-Pier Francesco Fiorentino

The Life and Miracles of Saint Godelieve

Master of the Saint Godelieve Legend

Young Man Holding a Book

Master of the View of Saint Gudula

Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of His Fellow Prisoners

Master of the Story of Joseph

Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara

Hans Memling

Portrait of an Old Man

Hans Memling

Young Woman with a Pink

Hans Memling

Salvator Mundi

Hans Memling

Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels

Lippo Memmi (Filippo di Memmo)

Saint Clare

Lippo Memmi (Filippo di Memmo)

Falling Leaves, Allegory of Autumn

Hugues Merle

The Visit to the Nursery

Gabriël Metsu

Tavern Scene

Gabriël Metsu

A Woman Seated at a Window

Gabriël Metsu

Landscape with a Battle between Two Rams

Jan Miel

Margaretha van Clootwijk (born about 1580/81, died 1662)

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt

Jacob van Dalen (1570–1644), Called Vallensis

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt

Portrait of a Woman with a Lace Collar

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt

The Serenade

Frans van Mieris the Elder

Charles I (1600–1649), King of England

Daniël Mijtens

Mercury and Battus

Francisque Millet

Shepherdess Seated on a Rock

Jean-François Millet