{{ItemEntity
|title=Painting
|image=Painting JE2 BE2.png
|extratext=View [[#Renders|all renders]]
|renewable=Yes
|stackable=Yes (64)
|drops=1 {{ItemLink|Painting}}
}}
'''Paintings''' are decorative [[entity|entities]] that hang on walls.

== Obtaining ==
=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|A1= Stick |B1= Stick    |C1= Stick
|A2= Stick |B2= Any Wool |C2= Stick
|A3= Stick |B3= Stick    |C3= Stick
|Output= Painting
|type= Decoration block
}}

Paintings can be crafted with any color of [[wool]]. The color of the wool used does not influence the picture chosen when the painting is placed.
Once placed, it displays a random painting.

=== Breaking ===
To remove a painting from a wall, the player can {{control|attack}} it, break one of its supporting blocks, cover one square of it with a block, hit it with an arrow, egg, ender pearl, snowball, or fire charge, or subject it to an explosion. The painting then drops as an item. Arrows that hit paintings disappear.

=== Trading ===
Master-level shepherd [[villager]]s sell 3 paintings for 2 [[emerald]]s.

== Usage ==
=== Placement ===
Paintings can be placed on the sides of [[solid block]]s, [[sign]]s, [[banner]]s, or [[sculk vein]]s. A small gap is visible between the painting and attachment surface. There are several different sizes of paintings (see below). When placed, a painting checks for the largest amount of space it has. It then chooses a random painting of that size. The player can add blocks around the painting to ensure it is the size wanted. When the supporting blocks are removed, the painting breaks after 20 game [[tick]]s (1 second) if no supporting blocks are replaced during that interval.

=== Properties ===
Being an entity, paintings can simultaneously exist in the same space as blocks such as water or torches. Specifically, they can share the space with any block whose collision box does not intersect its hitbox.

Players and mobs are able to walk through paintings, as long as the blocks supporting the painting allow it. Secret doorways can be created this way. [[Light]] propagates through paintings as well.

If a player is concealed behind a painting, the player's name is also concealed from other players.{{verify|Is this true in Bedrock?}}

Paintings are non-flammable.

== Canvases ==
{{Stub|Needing the new painting renders}}
There are 31 paintings in the game. These are mostly based on paintings by [[Kristoffer Zetterstrand]], who also created the ''Minecraft'' versions.

{| class="wikitable stikitable" style="text-align: center" data-description="Paintings"
! style="min-width:150px" |Canvas
! style="min-width:3em;max-width:4em" |Size
! style="min-width:3em" |Original
! style="min-width:3em" |Name
! style="min-width:3em;max-width:4.5em" |[[Resource location]]
! style="min-width:10em" |Description
! Java Edition version added
|-
! [[File:Alban (texture).png|64px]]
| rowspan="3" | 1×1 blocks<br>16×16 pixels || [https://zetterstrand.com/work/pictures/archive/alban.jpeg "Albanian"] || Albanian || <code>alban</code> || A man wearing a fez next to a house and a bush. As the name of the painting suggests, it may be a landscape in [[Wikipedia:Albania|Albania]]. || rowspan="11" | [[Indev 20100223]]
|-
! [[File:Aztec (texture).png|64px]]
|[https://zetterstrand.com/eventz/wp-content/uploads/2aztbig.jpg "de_aztec"]|| de_aztec || <code>aztec</code> || [[Wikipedia:Noclip mode|Free-look]] perspective of the map [[w:c:counterstrike:Aztec|de_aztec]] from the video game ''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Strike (video game)|Counter-Strike]]''. 
|-
! [[File:Aztec2 (texture).png|64px]]
|[https://zetterstrand.com/eventz/wp-content/uploads/11aztec_for_print.jpg "de_aztec"]|| de_aztec || <code>aztec2</code> || [[Wikipedia:Noclip mode|Free-look]] perspective of the map [[w:c:counterstrike:Aztec|de_aztec]] from the video game ''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Strike (video game)|Counter-Strike]]''. 
|-
! [[File:1-21-adds-20-new-paintings-with-new-sizes-heres-are-all-of-v0-26pp8s1r3nxc1.png]]
| rowspan="2" |3x4 blocks
48x64 pixels
|[https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FMinecraft%2Fcomments%2F1cgwz70%2F121_adds_20_new_paintings_with_new_sizes_heres%2F&psig=AOvVaw1gGCrgmKvO2dQbL69e3OSB&ust=1714850346269000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBEQjRxqFwoTCOjls7-Z8oUDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE]|| Backyard ||
|-
!
|
|Pond
|
|-
! [[File:Bomb (texture).png|64px]]
| rowspan="5" |1×1 blocks<br>16×16 pixels
|[https://zetterstrand.com/eventz/wp-content/uploads/12bomb.jpg "Target successfully bombed"]|| Target Successfully Bombed || <code>bomb</code> || The map [[w:c:counterstrike:Dust II|de_dust2]] from the video game ''[[Wikipedia:Counter-Strike (video game)|Counter-Strike]]'', named “target successfully bombed" in reference to the game. 
|-
! [[File:Kebab (texture).png|64px]]
|[https://zetterstrand.com/work/pictures/archive/kebab2.jpg "Kebab med tre pepperoni"] || Kebab med tre pepperoni || <code>kebab</code> || A kebab with three green chili peppers. 
|-
! [[File:Plant (texture).png|64px]]
|[https://zetterstrand.com/work/pictures/archive/paradistrad.jpeg "Paradisträd"] || Paradisträd || <code>plant</code> || Still life of two plants in pots. "Paradisträd" is Swedish for "[[Wikipedia:Crassula ovata|money tree]]", which is a common name for the depicted species in Scandinavia. 
|-
!
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|Meditative
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|-
! [[File:Wasteland (texture).png|64px]]
| [https://zetterstrand.com/eventz/wp-content/uploads/Wasteland_1920.jpg "Wasteland"]|| Wasteland || <code>wasteland</code> || A view of some wastelands; a small animal (presumably a rabbit) is sitting on the window ledge. 
|-
! [[File:Courbet (texture).png|128px]]
| rowspan="5" | 2×1 blocks<br>32×16 pixels ||[https://zetterstrand.com/eventz/wp-content/uploads/bonjourmonsieurcourbet_BIG.jpg "Bonjour monsieur Courbet"]|| Bonjour Monsieur Courbet || <code>courbet</code> || Two hikers with pointy beards seemingly greeting each other. Based on Gustave Courbet's painting ''[[Wikipedia:La rencontre|The Meeting or "Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet"]]''. 
|-
! [[File:Pool (texture).png|128px]]
|[https://zetterstrand.com/eventz/wp-content/uploads/thepool_1920.jpg "The pool"]|| The Pool || <code>pool</code> || Some men and women skinny-dipping in a pool over a cube of sorts. Also there is an old man resting in the lower-right edge. 
|-
! [[File:Sea (texture).png|128px]]
| rowspan=2 |[https://zetterstrand.com/eventz/wp-content/uploads/SeaSide_1920.jpg "Seaside"]
| Seaside
| <code>sea</code>
| Mountains and a lake, with a small photo of a mountain and a bright-colored plant on the window ledge. || [[Indev 20100223]] / [[Alpha v1.1.1]]
|-
! [[File:Creebet (texture).png|128px]]
| Creebet || <code>creebet</code> || Mountains and a lake, with a small photo of a mountain and a creeper looking at the viewer through a window. || [[Alpha v1.1.1]]
|-
! [[File:Sunset (texture).png|128px]]
|[https://zetterstrand.com/eventz/wp-content/uploads/sunset_dense.jpg "sunset_dense"]|| sunset_dense || <code>sunset</code> || A view of mountains at sunset. || [[Indev 20100223]]
|-

! [[File:Graham (texture).png|64px]]
| rowspan="3" | 1×2 blocks<br>16×32 pixels ||[https://zetterstrand.com/eventz/wp-content/uploads/graham.jpg "Graham"]|| Graham || <code>graham</code> || King Graham, the player character in the video game series ''[[Wikipedia:King's Quest|King's Quest]]''. The original is based on ''[[Wikipedia:File:Sánchez_Cotán_(Bodegón_con_membrillo,_repollo,_melón_y_pepino).jpg|Still Life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber]]'' by Juan Sánchez Cotán.|| [[Alpha v1.1.1]]
|-
! [[File:Wanderer (texture).png|64px]]
|[https://zetterstrand.com/eventz/wp-content/uploads/wanderer_1920.jpg "Wanderer"]|| Wanderer || <code>wanderer</code> || A version of Caspar David Friedrich's famous painting ''[[Wikipedia:Wanderer above the Sea of Fog|Wanderer above the Sea of Fog]]''. || rowspan="5" | [[Indev 20100223]]
|-
!
|
|Prairie Ride
|
|
|-
! [[File:Bust (texture).png|128px]]
| rowspan="8" | 2×2 blocks<br>32×32 pixels ||[https://zetterstrand.com/eventz/wp-content/uploads/bust_1915.jpg "Bust"]|| Bust || <code>bust</code> || A bust of [[Wikipedia:Marcus Aurelius|Marcus Aurelius]] surrounded by fire. 
|-
! [[File:Match (texture).png|128px]]
|[https://zetterstrand.com/eventz/wp-content/uploads/Match_rgb_1918.jpg "Match"]|| Match || <code>match</code> || A hand holding a match, causing fire on a white cubic gas fireplace. 
|-
! [[File:Skull and Roses (texture).png|128px]]
|[https://zetterstrand.com/eventz/wp-content/uploads/moonlight-installation_1920.jpg "Moonlight Installation"]|| Skull and Roses || <code>skull_and_roses</code> || A skeleton at night with red flowers in the foreground. The original painting was different, depicting a woman sitting in a couch, while the skull is in the middle of a body of glacial water of sorts. 
|-
! [[File:Stage (texture).png|128px]]
|[https://zetterstrand.com/eventz/wp-content/uploads/The-stage-is-set-1.jpg "The stage is set"]
| The Stage Is Set
| <code>stage</code>
| Scenery from ''[[Wikipedia:Space Quest I|Space Quest I]]'', with the character Graham from the video game series ''[[Wikipedia:King's Quest|King's Quest]]'' appearing twice. || [[Indev 20100223]] / [[Alpha v1.1.1]]
|-
! [[File:Void (texture).png|128px]]
|[https://zetterstrand.com/eventz/wp-content/uploads/the-void_1920.jpg "The Void"]|| The void || <code>void</code> || An angel praying into a void with fire below. || [[Indev 20100223]]
|-
! [[File:Wither (painting texture).png‎|128px]]
| – || Wither || <code>wither</code> || The creation of a [[wither]]. 
This is the only painting not based on a real painting. Made by Jens Bergensten.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK5Y4k-vVXc|title=Who Made Minecraft’s LAST Painting?!|author=AntVenom|website=YouTube|date=29 October 2022}}</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1tzav2/comment/cedagcy/</ref>
|| [[Java Edition 1.4.2]] ([[12w36a]])
|-
!
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|Baroque
|
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|-
!
|
|Humble
|
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|-
! [[File:Fighters (texture).png|128px]]
| rowspan="5" | 4×2 blocks<br>64×32 pixels ||[https://zetterstrand.com/eventz/wp-content/uploads/fighters.jpg "Fighters"]|| Fighters || <code>fighters</code> || Two men poised to fight. Paper versions of fighters from the game ''[[Wikipedia:International Karate +|International Karate +]]''. || [[Indev 20100223]]
|-
!
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|Changing
|
|
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!
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|Finding
|
|
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!
|
|Lowmist
|
|
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!
|
|Passage
|
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|-
!
| rowspan="8" |3x3 blocks
48×48 pixels
|
|Bouquet
|
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!
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|Cavebird
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!
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|Cotan
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!
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|Endboss
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|Fern
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!
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|Owlemons
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|Sunflowers
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!
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|Tides
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|-
! [[File:Donkey Kong (texture).png|128px]]
| rowspan="2" | 4×3 blocks<br>64×48 pixels ||[https://zetterstrand.com/eventz/wp-content/uploads/kong.jpg "Kong"]|| Kong || <code>donkey_kong</code> || A paper-looking screenshot of the level [https://www.mariowiki.com/100m 100m] from the arcade game ''[[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong (arcade game)|Donkey Kong]]''. || rowspan="2" | [[Alpha v1.1.1]]
|-
! [[File:Skeleton (painting texture).png|128px]]
|[https://zetterstrand.com/eventz/wp-content/uploads/mortal_coil.jpg "Mortal Coil"]|| Mortal Coil || <code>skeleton</code> || [[w:c:grim-fandango:Bruno Martinez|Bruno Martinez]] from the adventure game ''[[Wikipedia:Grim Fandango|Grim Fandango]]''. 
|-
! [[File:Burning Skull (texture).png‎|128px]]
| rowspan="5" | 4×4 blocks<br>64×64 pixels ||[https://zetterstrand.com/eventz/wp-content/uploads/skull_on_fire_framed_c_1910.jpg "Skull on Fire"]|| Skull On Fire || <code>burning_skull</code> || A Skull on fire; in the background there is a moon in a clear night sky.<br>This painting is based on a Minecraft screenshot,<ref>{{Citation|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928041338/https://imgur.com/HVhrbnH|website=Imgur|date=22 August 2020|title=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928041338/https://imgur.com/HVhrbnH}}</ref> with the grass block and a 3D skull added on top.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906184721/https://imgur.com/AwqQFS6|title=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906184721/https://imgur.com/AwqQFS6|website=Imgur|date=23 August 2020}}</ref>
(See the [[:en:Painting#Trivia|trivia]] section for more info.)
| [[Java Edition Beta 1.2 01|Beta 1.2_01]] / [[Java Edition Beta 1.3|Beta 1.3]]
|-
! [[File:Pigscene (texture).png|128px]]
|[https://zetterstrand.com/eventz/wp-content/uploads/rgb_1914.jpg "RGB"]|| Pigscene || <code>pigscene</code> <!-- yes, without an underscore --> || A girl pointing to a pig on a canvas. In the original version, the canvas showed red, green and blue blocks, representing the three colors of the [[Wikipedia:RGB color model|RGB color model]] that is typically used by computer displays. It is based on the painting ''[[Wikipedia:File:Jacob van Oost (I) - The Artist's Studio - WGA16654.jpg|The Artist's Studio]]'' by Jacob van Oost.|| [[Alpha v1.1.1]]
|-
! [[File:Pointer (texture).png|128px]]
|[https://zetterstrand.com/eventz/wp-content/uploads/pointer_1920.jpg "Pointer"]|| Pointer || <code>pointer</code> || The main character of the game ''[[Wikipedia:International Karate +|International Karate +]]'' in a fighting stance touching a large hand. It could also be interpreted as a play on Michelangelo's famous painting ''[[Wikipedia:The Creation of Adam|The Creation of Adam]]''. || [[Indev 20100223]]
|-
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|Unpacked
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|Orb
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! TBA || 
Pack || <code>pack</code> || Reference to the pack.png fi || [[Java Edition 1.21]]le
|}

=== Unused paintings ===
In [[Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha|v0.5.0 alpha]], with the addition of paintings to Pocket Edition, four unused 32×32 paintings were present in <samp>[[kz.png]]</samp> which remained unused. See {{slink|Bedrock Edition unused features|Paintings}} for more information. They were also added to Java Edition in snapshot [[Java Edition 22w16a|22w16a]]. They cannot be placed by default, but can be summoned by [[commands]] (such as {{cmd|/summon painting ~ ~ ~ {variant:"water"} }}) or through a [[datapack]].

According to [[Helen Zbihlyj]],<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/u8hpnx/thoughts_on_the_new_paintings/i5olue6/?context=3 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20220422115723/https://old.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/u8hpnx/thoughts_on_the_new_paintings/i5olue6/?context=3 archived])</ref> these paintings were originally added "as part of a Pocket Edition promo map" (no footage found) which was planned to be a part of [[Pocket Edition]] promotion at [[MINECON 2012]] [[MINECON 2013|or 2013]] and have never been used in game. The artist of these paintings remains unknown.

{| class="wikitable stikitable" style="text-align: center" data-description="Paintings"
! style="min-width:100px" |Canvas
! style="min-width:3em;max-width:4em" |Size
! style="min-width:6em" |Name
! style="min-width:10em" |[[Resource location]]
! style="min-width:10em" |Description
! style="min-width:5em;max-width:10em" |Bedrock Edition version added
! style="min-width:5em;max-width:8em" |Java Edition version added
|-
! [[File:Earth (texture) BE2.png|128px]]
| rowspan="4" | 2×2 blocks<br>32×32 pixels || Earth || <code>earth</code> || One of the four {{Wikipedia|Classical element|classical elements}}: Earth. || rowspan="4" | [[Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha|v0.5.0 alpha]] || rowspan="4" | [[Java Edition 22w16a|22w16a]]
|-
! [[File:Fire (texture) BE2.png|128px]]
| Fire || <code>fire</code> || One of the four classical elements: Fire. 
|-
! [[File:Water (texture) BE2.png|128px]]
| Water || <code>water</code> || One of the four classical elements: Water. 
|-
! [[File:Wind (texture) BE2.png|128px]]
| Wind || <code>wind</code> || One of the four classical elements: Air. 
|}



==Sounds==
{{Edition|Java}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Painting break1.ogg
|sound2=Painting break2.ogg
|sound3=Painting break3.ogg
|subtitle=Painting breaks<ref>{{Cite bug|MC|194948|Painting, item frame and lead breaking subtitles inconsistent with block breaking subtitle|date=July 14, 2020}}</ref>
|source=neutral
|description=When a painting is broken or pops off
|id=entity.painting.break
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.painting.break
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Painting place1.ogg
|sound2=Painting place2.ogg
|sound3=Painting place3.ogg
|sound4=Painting place4.ogg
|subtitle=Painting placed
|source=neutral
|description=When a painting is placed
|id=entity.painting.place
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.painting.place
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{Edition|Bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Item Frame break1.ogg
|sound2=Item Frame break2.ogg
|sound3=Item Frame break3.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a painting is broken or pops off
|id=block.itemframe.break
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Item Frame add item1.ogg
|sound2=Item Frame add item2.ogg
|soumd3=Item Frame add item3.ogg
|sound4=Item Frame add item4.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a painting is placed
|id=block.itemframe.add_item
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|firstcolumnname=Item
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Painting
|spritetype=item
|nameid=painting
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|edition=java
|firstcolumnname=Entity
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Painting
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=painting
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Item
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Painting
|spritetype=item
|nameid=painting
|id=357
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Entity
|shownumericids=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Painting
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=painting
|id=83
|foot=1}}

=== Entity data ===

Paintings have entity data that defines various properties of the entity.

{{el|java}}:
{{main|Entity format}}
{{/ED}}

{{el|bedrock}}:
: See [[Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format]].

== Video ==
<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|M3vWDirTMek}}</div>

== History ==
{{History|java indev}}
{{History||20100223|[[File:Painting JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added paintings.
|There are currently 19 canvases, which can be viewed at [[Java Edition history of textures/Paintings]].
|The [[crafting]] recipe of paintings uses eight [[planks]].
{{{!}} class{{=}}"collapsible collapsed"
! Recipe
{{!}}-
{{!}}
{{Crafting Table
  |A1=Oak Planks
  |B1=Oak Planks
  |C1=Oak Planks
  |A2=Oak Planks
  |B2=Light Gray Wool
  |C2=Oak Planks
  |A3=Oak Planks
  |B3=Oak Planks
  |C3=Oak Planks
  |Output=Painting
}}
{{!}}}
|Painting textures are currently stored on a [[texture atlas]] called <samp>[[kz.png]]</samp>.}}
{{History|java infdev}}
{{History||20100227-1|The [[crafting]] recipe has of paintings has been changed, so that it now uses [[stick]]s, rather than [[planks]].
{{{!}} class{{=}}"collapsible collapsed"
! Recipe
{{!}}-
{{!}}
{{Crafting Table
  |A1=Stick
  |B1=Stick
  |C1=Stick
  |A2=Stick
  |B2=Light Gray Wool
  |C2=Stick
  |A3=Stick
  |B3=Stick
  |C3=Stick
  |Output=Painting
}}
{{!}}}
}}
{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.1.1|Added five more painting canvases, for a total of 24.
|The textures of two paintings have been changed.}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.2_01|Added a new painting, although it uses an untextured part of <samp>kz.png</samp> due to the painting texture not yet being implemented.}}
{{History||1.3|The texture of the new painting, has been added to the part of <samp>kz.png</samp> displayed by the new painting.}}
{{History||April 27, 2011|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111211000/https://notch.tumblr.com/post/4988431144/the-maps|Custom paintings are mentioned by [[Notch]].}}
{{History||1.7.3|Paintings pushed by [[piston]]s now pop off.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w36a|Added new painting canvas 'Wither'.
|Paintings can now be placed overlapping one another.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w10a|Paintings can no longer be placed directly inside of each other.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w49a|Paintings can no longer be destroyed by [[lightning]].}}
{{History|||snap=15w50a|Added [[sound]]s for placing and breaking paintings: <code>entity.painting.place</code> and <code>entity.painting.break</code>.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w32a|The [[entity]] ID for paintings has been changed from <code>Painting</code> to <code>painting</code>.}}
{{History||1.12|snap=17w06a|Paintings now have a more intuitive placement system. When placed, a painting always uses the maximum possible amount of available space.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 321.}}
{{History|||snap=18w02a|Paintings now use a [[resource location]] for their motive.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Painting JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The [[item]] texture of paintings has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=19w07a|Paintings are now stored as individual image files instead of parts of a single large image file, and now support animations.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|Shepherd [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] paintings.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w11a|The painting back texture has been updated to be in line with the texture update.}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w16a|Added the four unused paintings from Bedrock Edition: "Earth", "Wind", "Fire", and "Water".|These paintings can only be added through a [[data pack]], or with the {{cmd|summon}} command.}}
{{History||1.19.4|snap=23w06a|Added [[painting]] variants to "Functional Blocks" tab.|Paintings with pre-defined variant will now display author, title and size in description when hovered over.|The "Operator Utilities" tab now contains the four paintings that are not available in Survival mode.}}
{{History||1.21|snap=TBA|Added 20 new paintings, one 1x1, one 2x1, two 2x2s, eight 3x3s, two 3x4s, four 4x2s and two 4x4s}}


}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.5.0|[[File:Painting JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added paintings.
|There are currently 25 canvases, which can be viewed at [[Bedrock Edition history of textures/Paintings]].}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 3|A new painting rendering has been added.{{info needed|What exactly changed?}}}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Paintings are no longer available from the [[nether reactor]].}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|Paintings now have [[sound]]s when placed and broken.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.7|Added new painting canvas 'Wither'.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Painting JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The [[item]] texture of paintings has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Paintings can now be [[trading|bought]] from shepherd [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.17.0|snap=beta 1.17.0.50|The painting back texture has been updated to be in line with the texture update.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Painting JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added paintings.
|There are currently 25 canvases, which can be viewed at [[Legacy Console Edition history of textures/Paintings]].}}
{{History||xbox=TU11|The limit for paintings in a world has been increased. 
|A message is now displayed when the maximum paintings are reached.}}
{{History||xbox=TU14|ps=1.04|Added new painting canvas 'Wither'.}}
{{History||xbox=TU43|xbone=CU33|ps=1.36|wiiu=Patch 13|Added [[sound]]s for paintings.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Painting JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The [[item]] texture of paintings has been changed.}}

{{History|3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Painting JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added paintings.
|There are currently 25 canvases, which can be viewed at [[New Nintendo 3DS Edition history of textures/Paintings]].}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* On April 26, 2011, Notch stated that the automapping code can be used to share custom paintings and books in the future.<ref>{{tweet|notch|62970142207913984|The auto mapping code can be used to share custom paintings and books in the future. There's a hard cap on 65536 of each/world, though|April 26, 2011}}</ref>
* The texture on the back of a painting is the same as the wooden planks texture, but with a yellowish color similar to that of [[chests]] (but slightly darker).
* The "Skull on Fire" painting contains a Minecraft world in the background, which is based on a screenshot taken by the artist in [[Java Edition Alpha v1.1.2 01|Alpha 1.1.2_01]] (or earlier) on October 12, 2010, at 13:22:49 (UTC+2).<ref>{{cite|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928041338/https://imgur.com/HVhrbnH|title=The original (never publicly shared before) screenshot that Kristoffer Zetterstrand took and based his painting on.|website=Imgur}}</ref>
**The seeds for this world are -1044887956651363087 and -6984854390176336655 (both are the same), standing at X=-249.65, Y=91, Z=-29.04.<ref>https://pastebin.com/fzAY9ES4</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/iqg3ey/the_original_screenshot_seed_of_the_minecraft/</ref>
* The "Skull on Fire" painting's texture was added in [[Java Edition Beta 1.3|Beta 1.3]]. However, the code for paintings to randomly display the part of the [[Kz.png]] texture that was to be occupied by the Burning Skull painting was added earlier, in [[Java Edition Beta 1.2_01|Beta 1.2_01]]. As there was nothing on this part of the texture except for a purple background grid, this is what would be displayed if the painting was randomly chosen, until the Burning Skull painting texture was actually added.
* The original "Skull on Fire" painting was given to the winner of an official texture pack competition by Mojang.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110110003612/http://www.webhallen.com:80/minecraft/</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Notch Painting Screenshot.png|The first image of paintings released by [[Notch]].
File:Skull on Fire world.jpg|The original screenshot behind the "Skull on Fire" painting.
File:Burning Skull Render.jpg|A render of the "Skull on Fire" painting that [[Kristoffer Zetterstrand]] used as a reference image.
File:Skull on Fire IRL.jpg|The original "Skull on Fire" painting being painted.
File:Burning Skull JE1.png|The "Skull