Staircase panel with gold flowers on dark green ground

A dark green panel in a deep wooden frame shows gold-toned flowers and slender branches, with a small ornamental motif near the bottom edge. The design is rendered in oil and metal leaf on wood, and the photograph is taken at an angle against a plain white background.

Artist

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

Date

1876

Medium

Oil paint and metal leaf on wood

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

2778 × 1930 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art