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''Brunaille'' is a painting executed entirely or primarily in shades of brown. Such a painting is described as having been painted "''en brunaille''".
''Brunaille'' has its roots in 12th century
''Brunaille'' is a painting executed entirely or primarily in shades of brown. Such a painting is described as having been painted "''en brunaille''".
''Brunaille'' has its roots in 12th century stained glass
Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant religious buildings. Although tradition ...
made for Cistercian
The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint ...
monasteries, which prohibited the use of colored art in 1134. However, it was only in the early 17th century that the French term “''brunaille''” was coined to describe pictures painted in shades of brown. Christie’s, ''Sale 1380, Old Master Paintings'', lot 49, New York, Christie’s, 17 June 2004 ''Brunaille'' are less common than paintings executed in grey (''grisaille
Grisaille ( or ; french: grisaille, lit=greyed , from ''gris'' 'grey') is a painting executed entirely in shades of grey or of another neutral greyish colour. It is particularly used in large decorative schemes in imitation of sculpture. Many g ...
''), though more common than those in green (''verdaille
''Verdaille'' is a painting executed entirely or primarily in shades of green. Such a painting is described as having been painted "''en verdaille''". Christie’s, ''Sale 1380, Old Master Paintings'', lot 49, New York, Christie’s, 17 June 2004 ...
'').
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