Hue Index

Public domain art in charcoal

Artworks whose dominant colour is charcoal, 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 charcoal

Landscape with Castle Ruin

Landscape with Castle Ruin

Richard Parkes Bonington

Reclining Nude with Slave

Reclining Nude with Slave

Marcel Meys

Teenage girl with bottle curls

Teenage girl with bottle curls

Rufus Anson

Welcoming Descent of Jizō

Welcoming Descent of Jizō

Unknown artist

Gothic Bible (Vulgate)

Gothic Bible (Vulgate)

Unknown artist

Architectural Vessel

Architectural Vessel

Unknown artist

Preparation for the Crucifixion

Preparation for the Crucifixion

Unknown artist

Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man

Unknown artist

The Secret Five Bodhisattvas (Gohimitsu Bosatsu)

The Secret Five Bodhisattvas (Gohimitsu Bosatsu)

Unknown artist

Virgin and Child with Saints

Virgin and Child with Saints

Unknown artist

Kasuga Deer Mandala

Kasuga Deer Mandala

Unknown artist

Rooster

Rooster

Unknown artist

Shōtoku Taishi at Sixteen

Shōtoku Taishi at Sixteen

Unknown artist

A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night (recto); calligraphy of a quatrain (verso)

A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night (recto); calligraphy of a quatrain (verso)

Unknown artist

Salome Receiving John the Baptist’s Head on a Platter (folio 112 verso), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier

Salome Receiving John the Baptist’s Head on a Platter (folio 112 verso), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier

Unknown artist

Jesus being portrayed by King Abgar’s painter (folio 143 recto), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier

Jesus being portrayed by King Abgar’s painter (folio 143 recto), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier

Unknown artist

Maharaja Abhai Singh of Marwar (reigned 1724–49), Equestrian, Watching Girls Swinging at the Teej Festival

Maharaja Abhai Singh of Marwar (reigned 1724–49), Equestrian, Watching Girls Swinging at the Teej Festival

Unknown artist

A heroine waiting for her lover: Vasakasajja Nayika, from the "Nurpur" Rasikapriya

A heroine waiting for her lover: Vasakasajja Nayika, from the "Nurpur" Rasikapriya

Unknown artist

Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan

Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan

Unknown artist

Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana visit the hermitage of the sage Bharadvaja at Prayaga, from Chapter 48 of the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)

Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana visit the hermitage of the sage Bharadvaja at Prayaga, from Chapter 48 of the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)

Unknown artist

Standing Ksitigarbha

Standing Ksitigarbha

Unknown artist

A View of the Vestibule of St. Peter at Rome

A View of the Vestibule of St. Peter at Rome

Georges Francois Blondel

A View of the Stairs of the Vatican

A View of the Stairs of the Vatican

Georges Francois Blondel

A View of the Inside of a Church

A View of the Inside of a Church

Georges Francois Blondel

Lotus Sutra with a Frontispiece

Lotus Sutra with a Frontispiece

Unknown artist

Krishna’s longing for Radha, from a Gita Govinda (Song of the Cowherd) of Jayadeva

Krishna’s longing for Radha, from a Gita Govinda (Song of the Cowherd) of Jayadeva

Unknown artist

Goddess Mangala, from a Devi Series

Goddess Mangala, from a Devi Series

Unknown artist

Greek Pirates Attacking a Turkish Vessel

Greek Pirates Attacking a Turkish Vessel

Unknown artist

The Heroine Who Waits Anxiously for Her Absent Lover: Utka Nayika

The Heroine Who Waits Anxiously for Her Absent Lover: Utka Nayika

Unknown artist

Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Milkmaids and Expounds on the Virtue of Trees, from a Braj Bhagavata Purana

Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Milkmaids and Expounds on the Virtue of Trees, from a Braj Bhagavata Purana

Unknown artist

Two Putti

Two Putti

Unknown artist

Footed Bowl

Footed Bowl

Unknown artist

Kannon

Kannon

Unknown artist

A House Burgled at Night

A House Burgled at Night

Unknown artist

Pietà

Pietà

Unknown artist

Sri Nathaji

Sri Nathaji

Unknown artist

Akrura and Kritavarma flee Dvaraka, page from the "Large Basohli Bhagavata Purana"

Akrura and Kritavarma flee Dvaraka, page from the "Large Basohli Bhagavata Purana"

Unknown artist

Gothic Marriage Chest

Gothic Marriage Chest

Unknown artist

Portrait of a Young Man

Portrait of a Young Man

Unknown artist

Radha and Krishna in the Rain

Radha and Krishna in the Rain

Unknown artist

The Attractions of Music

The Attractions of Music

Unknown artist

Virahini Nayika, Love-Torn Heroine

Virahini Nayika, Love-Torn Heroine

Unknown artist

Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child

Unknown artist

Welcoming Descent of Amida Buddha (Raigō)

Welcoming Descent of Amida Buddha (Raigō)

Unknown artist

The Dragon

The Dragon

Charles de Sousy Ricketts

Portrait of Baron Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon

Portrait of Baron Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon

Unknown artist

Painted Door

Painted Door

Unknown artist

Radha and Krishna Embracing, Leaf from a Gita Govinda

Radha and Krishna Embracing, Leaf from a Gita Govinda

Unknown artist

Seated Female Figure

Seated Female Figure

Unknown artist

Stopham Bridge

Stopham Bridge

Edward Louis Laurenson

A Man with a Ham, Just Cut

A Man with a Ham, Just Cut

Cornelis van Dalen

Text, Folio 58 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

Text, Folio 58 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

Unknown artist

Historiated Initial (R) Excised from a Gradual: The Three Marys at the Tomb

Historiated Initial (R) Excised from a Gradual: The Three Marys at the Tomb

Unknown artist

Decorated Initial (P) (Excised from a Bible?)

Decorated Initial (P) (Excised from a Bible?)

Unknown artist

Landscape

Landscape

George Percival Gaskell

Horse

Horse

Franz Marc

The Witch's House in Salem

The Witch's House in Salem

Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Mielatz

The Chimera with Green Eyes Turns, Bays

The Chimera with Green Eyes Turns, Bays

Odilon Redon

Pomona Britannica:  No. 17 - Plums

Pomona Britannica: No. 17 - Plums

George Brookshaw

Pomona Britannica:  No. 82 - Pears

Pomona Britannica: No. 82 - Pears

George Brookshaw