Monochrome: Painting in Black and White

Journey through a world of shadow and light with Monochrome: Painting in Black and White

Olafur Eliasson, 'Room for one colour', 1997. Installation view at Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2015. Courtesy of the artist; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York; neugerriemschneider, Berlin

Gerhard Richter, 'Helga Matura with her Fiancé', 1966. Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf

Marlene Dumas, 'The Image as Burden', 1993. Private Collection, Belgium

Célestin Joseph Blanc, 'Head of a Girl', 1867

Gustave Le Gray, 'The Great Wave, Sète', about 1857

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and workshop, 'Odalisque in Grisaille', about 1824–34

Francisco Bayeu y Subías, 'The Spanish Monarchy', 1794

Etienne Moulinneuf after Jean-Siméon Chardin, 'Back from the Market (La Pourvoyeuse)', about 1770

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 'Jacopo Porto appointed Governor of Vicenza by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry II in 1022', about 1760. Private collection

Jacob de Wit, 'Jupiter and Ganymede', 1739

Adriaen van der Werff, 'Samson and Delilah (?)', about 1693

Willem van de Velde The Elder, 'Departure of the Dutch Fleet the 9th of June 1645', about 1650

Jan van Vliet after Rembrandt, 'Christ Before Pilate (Ecce Homo)', 1635–6
The Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

Hendrik Goltzius, 'Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus Would Freeze', 1599. The British Museum, London

Albrecht Dürer, 'A Woman in Netherlandish Dress seen from behind (Drapery Study)', 1521

Domenico Ghirlandaio or workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio, 'Drapery Study' (possibly study for Saint Matthew and an Angel), about 1477

Albrecht Dürer, 'Head of a Woman', 1520. The British Museum, London

Jan van Eyck, 'Saint Barbara', 1437. Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

Jan van Eyck, 'The Annunciation Diptych (The Archangel Gabriel; The Virgin Mary)', about 1433–5

'Stained Glass Panel with Quarries and a Female Head', about 1320–4

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