Examples of Paintings in Distemper
- Fayum mummy portraits, from Late Antique Egypt (some in encaustic)
- Dirk Bouts Entombment, 1450s. National Gallery, London
- Many paintings by Mantegn
- The Raphael Cartoons, London
- Edouard Vuillard Lunch at Vasouy, 1901, Tate Modern.
- Mark Tobey's White Journey, modern
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