Flowers on a Window Ledge
c. 1861 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery of Art, Washington
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About this work
- Artist
- John La Farge (1835–1910)
- Year
- c. 1861
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 61.4 × 51 cm
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art, Washington
- Movement
- Aesthetic Movement
A shallow bowl of roses sits on a stone window ledge, a white curtain blowing behind it and a hazy pond landscape beyond. Painted about 1861, it combines still life and landscape in a way no American painter had tried. It was long in the Corcoran Gallery of Art and is now in the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A quiet flower piece in rose, cream and green for a bedroom, dining room or hallway in a dark wood frame. It suits sage, cream or warm white walls.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Aesthetic Movement painting
- Era
- 19th century (c. 1861)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- bedroom, dining room, hallway or entryway, living room, dorm room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.



























