Alfred Sisley
The Canal Saint-Martin
From $100
This painting is flood silver, roof red and pale sky, and a cheap copy greys out the floodwater. Our Sisley Flood at Moret print was graded from a high-resolution master so the light stays soft.
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
16x12 inch, 20x16 inch, 24x18 inch, 30x24 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
Its wide shape suits a living room, a bedroom or a hallway. The silvers and reds look lovely with white, sand and natural oak, and a white or natural oak frame suits it.
About the painting
In the 1870s the Seine and its tributaries flooded again and again. In 1879 Alfred Sisley painted the flooded Loing at Moret.
Boatyard buildings and half-drowned trees stand in still water. The brushwork is loose and quick, with bare canvas showing round the trees.
A. Augustus Healy bought it in 1920 and left it to the Brooklyn Museum in 1921.
Tall bare trees stand in still floodwater in front of red-roofed buildings, under a pale, cloudy sky.
In the 1870s the Seine and the rivers that feed it flooded again and again. One of them was the Loing, at Moret.
Alfred Sisley painted this flood in 1879. Later he would settle at Moret for good.
The Brooklyn Museum points out that he chose a calm moment, after the water had risen. Boatyard buildings and half-drowned trees stand quietly in it.
Look at the brushwork. It is loose and energetic, and around the trees he left bits of bare canvas showing.
Sisley liked to say that he always began a picture with the sky. Here the pale sky and the still water almost mirror each other.
The painting was sold through Durand-Ruel. In 1920 A. Augustus Healy of Brooklyn bought it in New York, and the next year he left it to the Brooklyn Museum.
Look at the trees standing in the water, and then up at the sky.
Flood at Moret. Alfred Sisley, 1879.
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.