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

A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt
Peter Paul Rubens

Portrait of a Man, Possibly an Architect or Geographer
Peter Paul Rubens

Portrait of a Woman, Probably Susanna Lunden (Susanna Fourment, 1599–1628)
Peter Paul Rubens

Frans Francken I (1542–1616)
Peter Paul Rubens

Virgin and Child
Peter Paul Rubens

The Forest Stream
Jacob van Ruisdael

Rustic Interior
David Ryckaert III

Marcantonio Pasqualini (1614–1691) Crowned by Apollo
Andrea Sacchi

Portrait of a Man
Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi)

Portrait of a Man
Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo)

Madonna and Child with Angels
Sassetta (Stefano di Giovanni)

Nymph and Putti in a Vintage Scene; Nymph with a Wreath and Putti with Garlands of Flowers
Piat Joseph Sauvage

Saint Matthew and the Angel
Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo

Cephalus and Procris
Godfried Schalcken

Battle Scene: Arabs Making a Detour
Adolf Schreyer

Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus (born about 1446, died 1506)
Sebastiano del Piombo (Sebastiano Luciani)

Madonna and Child with Saints and Donors
Sebastiano del Piombo

Sir James Dashwood (1715–1779)
Enoch Seeman the Younger

Christ Blessing
Segna di Buonaventura

The Virgin Adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
Jacopo di Arcangelo (called Jacopo del Sellaio)

William Archer Shee (1810–1899), the Artist's Son
Sir Martin Archer Shee

Saint Andrew
Simone Martini

Saint Matthias
Simone Martini

Johan Hulshout (1623–1687)
Pieter van Slingelandt

Christ Blessing
Andrea Solario

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist
Andrea Solario

The Birth of the Virgin
Francesco Solimena

Diego Pignatelli d'Aragona (1687–1750) and an Enslaved African Servant
Francesco Solimena

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Catherine and Jerome
Spanish Painter

Saint Michael the Archangel
Ignacio de Ries

Head of a Man
Spanish (Castilian) Painter

Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Massimo Stanzione

The Lovesick Maiden
Jan Steen

Old Woman Praying
Matthias Stom

The Third Duke of Dorset's Hunter with a Groom and a Dog
George Stubbs

Ferdinando II de' Medici (1610–1670) as a Boy
Justus Sustermans

Portrait of a Man
Lambert Sustris

Portrait of a Man Wearing the Order of the Annunziata of Savoy
French Painter

Judith with the Head of Holofernes
David Teniers the Younger

The Triumph of Marius
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Allegorical Figure Representing Temperance
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

A Dance in the Country
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Doge Alvise Mocenigo (1507–1577) Presented to the Redeemer
Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)

The Finding of Moses
Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)

Portrait of a Man
Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)

Filippo Archinto (born about 1500, died 1558), Archbishop of Milan
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)

Portrait of a Man
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)

Alfonso d'Este (1486–1534), Duke of Ferrara
Titian

Doge Andrea Gritti (1455–1538)
Titian

Portrait of a Man
Tommaso Fiorentino (Tommaso di Stefano Lunetti)

Saint Margaret of Cortona
Gaspare Traversi

Portrait of a Man
Italian Painter

Road in the Woods
Constant Troyon

Portrait of a Boy with a Falcon
Wallerant Vaillant

Vase of Flowers and Conch Shell
Anne Vallayer-Coster

A Bouquet of Flowers in a Crystal Vase
Nicolaes van Veerendael

María Teresa (1638–1683), Infanta of Spain
Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez)

Philip IV (1605–1665), King of Spain
Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez)

Allegory of the Catholic Faith
Johannes Vermeer

A Maid Asleep
Johannes Vermeer