Alfred Sisley
The Canal Saint-Martin
From $100
This painting is pale frost, russet trees and a soft winter sky, and a dull copy turns it all to brown. Our Sisley Frost in Louveciennes print was graded beside the original so the frost stays cold and bright and the trees keep their warm colour.
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 study or a winter wall. The pale blues and russets look calm with cream, grey and walnut, and a natural or gold frame suits it.
About the painting
In 1873 Alfred Sisley painted the village of Louveciennes on a frosty morning, with its church of St Martin among the trees. A chalk sketch for it survives in Budapest.
Nothing is known of its first owners. In 1902 the dealer Paul Durand-Ruel bought it at auction for 9,300 francs, and the next year he sold it to the Russian collector Ivan Morozov, calling the price a big sacrifice for his gallery.
After the October Revolution, the Soviet state seized Morozov’s collection. Since 1948 the painting has belonged to the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow.
This frosty French village ended up in Moscow.
In 1872, Alfred Sisley had moved his family to Louveciennes, near the Seine.
The next year he painted the village on a frosty morning, with its church of Saint Martin among the trees. A chalk sketch for it survives, in Budapest.
Nobody knows who owned it first.
In 1902 the dealer Paul Durand-Ruel bought it at auction, for nine thousand three hundred francs.
The next year he sold it to the Russian collector Ivan Morozov for eleven thousand five hundred, and called the price a big sacrifice for his gallery.
It was one of Morozov's first purchases.
After the October Revolution, the Soviet state seized his collection.
When Morozov's old museum closed in 1948, the painting moved to the Pushkin Museum, in Moscow, where it hangs today.
Look at the frost, and then find the church.
Frost in Louveciennes. Alfred Sisley, 1873.
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.