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This painting is a fight between light and dark, and a muddy reproduction loses both. Our Storm on the Sea of Galilee print was graded beside the original so the deep shadows stay deep, the spray and sail catch the light, and the faces in the boat can still be read. It is drama you can hang on a wall.
Canvas, framed or paper
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.
Sizes
16x20 inch, 24x30 inch, 32x40 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its tall, dramatic shape suits a study, a library, a stairwell or the end wall of a long room. The golds and deep blue-greys sit well with dark wood, leather and charcoal, and a black or dark wood frame deepens the storm.
About the painting
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt
A storm at sea
Rembrandt painted this scene in 1633, when he was still a young man in Amsterdam. It tells a story from the Bible: Jesus and his disciples cross the Sea of Galilee, and a sudden storm almost sinks their boat. A huge wave lifts the bow, the sail is torn, and the men pull at the ropes while others turn to Jesus for help.
Light against dark
Rembrandt was a master of light. Half of this picture is dark and stormy. The other half is lit by a break in the clouds that falls on the sail, the spray and the frightened faces. Your eye moves from the dark to the light, just as the men in the boat hope the storm will pass.
A missing painting
The painting belonged to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston until 1990, when it was stolen. It has never been found. Our print is made from a photograph of the original, so you can still live with the painting itself, about 160 by 128 centimetres of storm.
Read the story
Rembrandt painted only one storm at sea in his whole life, and he put himself in the boat.
It's 1633, in Amsterdam.
He's twenty-seven, from Leiden, and new in the city.
He lives with an art dealer, and the dealer has a young cousin named Saskia.
He paints a story from the Bible: Jesus and his friends, caught by a sudden storm on a lake.
He makes the canvas tall, not wide, so the wave has room to climb.
The bow rears up and the sail tears; some men haul at the ropes, others turn to Jesus.
Half the picture is black with storm, and the other half is lit by a break in the clouds, falling on the sail and the frightened faces.
He crowds fourteen people into that small boat.
One of them isn't watching the storm. He looks straight out at you, and many think it's Rembrandt himself.
That June he draws Saskia in a straw hat with flowers, and writes her age beside her: twenty-one.
The next summer, they marry.
In 1898 a Boston collector, Isabella Stewart Gardner, buys the painting.
Then one night in 1990, two men dressed as police officers walk into her museum and leave with thirteen works, this one among them.
It has never been found, and its empty frame still hangs on the wall.
Somewhere, the boat is still in the storm.
Find the man looking back at you, and hold on.
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee. Rembrandt, 1633.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
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 for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
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.
Will the colour look flat?
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.
Will the edges be cropped?
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.
Which size is right for my wall?
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.
How long does it take?
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.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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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.
