{"title":"Paintings with a Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome pictures are worth owning for how they look. These are worth owning for what happened in them — a real shipwreck, a legend built to sell rooms, a chess game for a soul. Every one comes with the story that made it famous.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-chess-players-moritz-retzsch","title":"The Chess Players — Moritz Retzsch","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-size:1.12rem;line-height:1.55;margin:0 0 1.3em;color:#2b2723\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA young man is playing chess with the Devil, and the stake is his own soul. His guardian angel stands behind the board, watching. The pieces at the base of the table are skulls.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:.78rem;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8a8177;margin:0 0 .8em\"\u003eThe story\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 1em;color:#3a3530\"\u003eRetzsch painted it in 1831, at the height of Europe's obsession with the Faust legend — the bargain, the wager, the soul sold cheap. The Devil is smug. The young man has his head in his hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 1em;color:#3a3530\"\u003eIt looks like checkmate. That is the whole point of the picture, and it is why people have argued about it for two centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 1em;color:#3a3530\"\u003eThe legend that grew up around it says the American chess champion Paul Morphy stood in front of a print of this painting, studied the board, and announced that the young man was not beaten at all — that there was still one move on it. Nobody has ever proved the story true. It has outlived the painting's fame anyway, which tells you something about what people want a picture to mean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-left:3px solid #c9a227;padding:.2em 0 .2em 1em;margin:1.6em 0;color:#5a5248\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDark, detailed, and a conversation starter. Best somewhere people sit down — a study, a games room, beside a bookshelf.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:.78rem;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8a8177;margin:0 0 .7em\"\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin:0 0 1.4em;padding-left:1.1em;line-height:1.7\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted on canvas and set in a wooden frame — not a poster, not paper behind glass.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade to order after you buy it, then shipped worldwide.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoritz Retzsch, 1831. Public domain — free to reproduce, which is the only reason a canvas like this can cost what it does.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReproduced from a full-resolution scan of the original painting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:.78rem;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8a8177;margin:0 0 .7em\"\u003eGood to know\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height:1.65;color:#5a5248;margin:0 0 1.4em\"\u003eScreens are backlit and canvas is not. Colours read deeper and softer on the wall than they do here. Sizes are the framed dimensions. This painting is wider than it is tall, and the sizes below match its proportions almost exactly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;padding:.75em 1em;background:#f6f2e8;border-radius:4px;font-size:.92rem;color:#5a5248\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color:#2b2723\"\u003eBuy any two prints, the third is half price.\u003c\/strong\u003e Applied automatically at checkout — no code needed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:2.6em 0 0;padding:26px 22px 24px;background:#F5F0E8;border:1px solid #E6E1DA;border-radius:18px\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"margin:0 0 .55em\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/paintings-with-a-story\" style=\"display:inline-block;text-decoration:none;font-size:.7rem;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:700;color:#8A6D1F;background:#F3EBD9;border:1px solid #E4D8BC;border-radius:999px;padding:.42em .9em\"\u003ePaintings with a Story · see the set\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003ch3 style=\"font-family:Fraunces,Georgia,serif;font-size:1.35rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:-.02em;line-height:1.2;margin:0 0 .4em;color:#2B2723\"\u003eFinish the wall\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"line-height:1.6;color:#5A5248;margin:0 0 1.3em;max-width:60ch;font-size:.96rem\"\u003eFour pictures worth owning for what happened in them. Each is sized to its own proportions, so pick the scale that suits your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:14px;align-items:stretch\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-raft-of-the-medusa-theodore-gericault\" style=\"flex:1 1 190px;min-width:0;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;background:#FBF8F2;border:1px solid #E6E1DA;border-radius:14px;overflow:hidden\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0844\/3265\/0476\/files\/mock-gericault-medusa_7b12abd9-7446-4f42-b1b0-6df506d15b67.jpg?v=1787710489\u0026amp;width=760\" alt=\"The Raft of the Medusa\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;aspect-ratio:1\/1;object-fit:cover;background:#F5F0E8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;padding:14px 15px 16px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.95rem;font-weight:600;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#2B2723;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eThe Raft of the Medusa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.83rem;color:#8A8177;margin-top:2px;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eThéodore Géricault\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.88rem;color:#2B2723;font-weight:600;margin-top:8px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight:400;color:#8A8177\"\u003efrom\u003c\/span\u003e $139\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/daniel-in-the-lions-den-briton-riviere\" style=\"flex:1 1 190px;min-width:0;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;background:#FBF8F2;border:1px solid #E6E1DA;border-radius:14px;overflow:hidden\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0844\/3265\/0476\/files\/mock-riviere-daniel_6a5f6b5c-2d0e-4a65-aac1-36fd06e1b373.jpg?v=1787710490\u0026amp;width=760\" alt=\"Daniel in the Lions' Den\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;aspect-ratio:1\/1;object-fit:cover;background:#F5F0E8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;padding:14px 15px 16px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.95rem;font-weight:600;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#2B2723;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eDaniel in the Lions' Den\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.83rem;color:#8A8177;margin-top:2px;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eBriton Rivière\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.88rem;color:#2B2723;font-weight:600;margin-top:8px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight:400;color:#8A8177\"\u003efrom\u003c\/span\u003e $139\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/llywelyn-and-his-brave-hound-gelert-gourlay-steell\" style=\"flex:1 1 190px;min-width:0;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;background:#FBF8F2;border:1px solid #E6E1DA;border-radius:14px;overflow:hidden\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0844\/3265\/0476\/files\/mock-steell-gelert_a1bc4a32-8718-4920-bf23-3e7b7ace5160.jpg?v=1787710490\u0026amp;width=760\" alt=\"Llywelyn and his Brave Hound, Gelert\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;aspect-ratio:1\/1;object-fit:cover;background:#F5F0E8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;padding:14px 15px 16px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.95rem;font-weight:600;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#2B2723;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eLlywelyn and his Brave Hound, Gelert\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.83rem;color:#8A8177;margin-top:2px;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eGourlay Steell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.88rem;color:#2B2723;font-weight:600;margin-top:8px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight:400;color:#8A8177\"\u003efrom\u003c\/span\u003e $119\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"margin:1.4em 0 0;padding:.85em 1.1em;background:#FBF8F2;border:1px solid #E6E1DA;border-radius:10px;font-size:.92rem;color:#5A5248;line-height:1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#2B2723\"\u003eBuy any two, the third is half price.\u003c\/strong\u003e Applied automatically at checkout — no code needed.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fuvala","offers":[{"title":"14\" × 11\"","offer_id":48232731279596,"sku":null,"price":99.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20\" × 16\"","offer_id":48232731312364,"sku":null,"price":159.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30\" × 24\"","offer_id":48232731345132,"sku":null,"price":259.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0844\/3265\/0476\/files\/mock-retzsch-chess_3a3792ee-3384-444a-ba5d-88a0507a2893.jpg?v=1787710489"},{"product_id":"the-raft-of-the-medusa-theodore-gericault","title":"The Raft of the Medusa — Théodore Géricault","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-size:1.12rem;line-height:1.55;margin:0 0 1.3em;color:#2b2723\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of the largest and angriest paintings in the Louvre, and every figure on that raft was a real person.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:.78rem;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8a8177;margin:0 0 .8em\"\u003eThe story\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 1em;color:#3a3530\"\u003eIn 1816 the French frigate Méduse ran aground off the coast of Senegal because her captain had been given the command through politics rather than seamanship. The officers took the lifeboats. One hundred and forty-seven people were put onto a raft built from the ship's timbers and towed behind — until somebody cut the rope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 1em;color:#3a3530\"\u003eThirteen days later, fifteen were still alive. What happened in between became a national scandal that nearly brought down a government.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 1em;color:#3a3530\"\u003eGéricault was twenty-seven. He tracked down survivors and interviewed them. He had the raft's own carpenter build him a scale model. He borrowed limbs and heads from a hospital morgue and kept them in his studio until he could paint dead flesh from life. He shaved his head so he would be too embarrassed to go out, and finished it in eight months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 1em;color:#3a3530\"\u003eThe figure waving the cloth at the horizon is reaching for a ship that had already passed them once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-left:3px solid #c9a227;padding:.2em 0 .2em 1em;margin:1.6em 0;color:#5a5248\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnormous drama in a small frame. Suits a hallway, a stairwell, or any wall that can take a dark picture.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:.78rem;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8a8177;margin:0 0 .7em\"\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin:0 0 1.4em;padding-left:1.1em;line-height:1.7\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted on canvas and set in a wooden frame — not a poster, not paper behind glass.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade to order after you buy it, then shipped worldwide.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThéodore Géricault, 1818–19. Public domain — free to reproduce, which is the only reason a canvas like this can cost what it does.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReproduced from a full-resolution scan of the original painting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:.78rem;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8a8177;margin:0 0 .7em\"\u003eGood to know\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height:1.65;color:#5a5248;margin:0 0 1.4em\"\u003eScreens are backlit and canvas is not. Colours read deeper and softer on the wall than they do here. Sizes are the framed dimensions. This painting is wider than it is tall, and the sizes below match its proportions almost exactly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;padding:.75em 1em;background:#f6f2e8;border-radius:4px;font-size:.92rem;color:#5a5248\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color:#2b2723\"\u003eBuy any two prints, the third is half price.\u003c\/strong\u003e Applied automatically at checkout — no code needed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:2.6em 0 0;padding:26px 22px 24px;background:#F5F0E8;border:1px solid #E6E1DA;border-radius:18px\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"margin:0 0 .55em\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/paintings-with-a-story\" style=\"display:inline-block;text-decoration:none;font-size:.7rem;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:700;color:#8A6D1F;background:#F3EBD9;border:1px solid #E4D8BC;border-radius:999px;padding:.42em .9em\"\u003ePaintings with a Story · see the set\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003ch3 style=\"font-family:Fraunces,Georgia,serif;font-size:1.35rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:-.02em;line-height:1.2;margin:0 0 .4em;color:#2B2723\"\u003eFinish the wall\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"line-height:1.6;color:#5A5248;margin:0 0 1.3em;max-width:60ch;font-size:.96rem\"\u003eFour pictures worth owning for what happened in them. Each is sized to its own proportions, so pick the scale that suits your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:14px;align-items:stretch\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-chess-players-moritz-retzsch\" style=\"flex:1 1 190px;min-width:0;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;background:#FBF8F2;border:1px solid #E6E1DA;border-radius:14px;overflow:hidden\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0844\/3265\/0476\/files\/mock-retzsch-chess_3a3792ee-3384-444a-ba5d-88a0507a2893.jpg?v=1787710489\u0026amp;width=760\" alt=\"The Chess Players\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;aspect-ratio:1\/1;object-fit:cover;background:#F5F0E8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;padding:14px 15px 16px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.95rem;font-weight:600;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#2B2723;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eThe Chess Players\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.83rem;color:#8A8177;margin-top:2px;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eMoritz Retzsch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.88rem;color:#2B2723;font-weight:600;margin-top:8px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight:400;color:#8A8177\"\u003efrom\u003c\/span\u003e $99\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/daniel-in-the-lions-den-briton-riviere\" style=\"flex:1 1 190px;min-width:0;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;background:#FBF8F2;border:1px solid #E6E1DA;border-radius:14px;overflow:hidden\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0844\/3265\/0476\/files\/mock-riviere-daniel_6a5f6b5c-2d0e-4a65-aac1-36fd06e1b373.jpg?v=1787710490\u0026amp;width=760\" alt=\"Daniel in the Lions' Den\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;aspect-ratio:1\/1;object-fit:cover;background:#F5F0E8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;padding:14px 15px 16px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.95rem;font-weight:600;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#2B2723;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eDaniel in the Lions' Den\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.83rem;color:#8A8177;margin-top:2px;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eBriton Rivière\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.88rem;color:#2B2723;font-weight:600;margin-top:8px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight:400;color:#8A8177\"\u003efrom\u003c\/span\u003e $139\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/llywelyn-and-his-brave-hound-gelert-gourlay-steell\" style=\"flex:1 1 190px;min-width:0;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;background:#FBF8F2;border:1px solid #E6E1DA;border-radius:14px;overflow:hidden\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0844\/3265\/0476\/files\/mock-steell-gelert_a1bc4a32-8718-4920-bf23-3e7b7ace5160.jpg?v=1787710490\u0026amp;width=760\" alt=\"Llywelyn and his Brave Hound, Gelert\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;aspect-ratio:1\/1;object-fit:cover;background:#F5F0E8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;padding:14px 15px 16px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.95rem;font-weight:600;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#2B2723;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eLlywelyn and his Brave Hound, Gelert\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.83rem;color:#8A8177;margin-top:2px;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eGourlay Steell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.88rem;color:#2B2723;font-weight:600;margin-top:8px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight:400;color:#8A8177\"\u003efrom\u003c\/span\u003e $119\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"margin:1.4em 0 0;padding:.85em 1.1em;background:#FBF8F2;border:1px solid #E6E1DA;border-radius:10px;font-size:.92rem;color:#5A5248;line-height:1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#2B2723\"\u003eBuy any two, the third is half price.\u003c\/strong\u003e Applied automatically at checkout — no code needed.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fuvala","offers":[{"title":"18\" × 12\"","offer_id":48232731410668,"sku":null,"price":139.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30\" × 20\"","offer_id":48232731443436,"sku":null,"price":179.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"36\" × 24\"","offer_id":48232731476204,"sku":null,"price":259.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0844\/3265\/0476\/files\/mock-gericault-medusa_7b12abd9-7446-4f42-b1b0-6df506d15b67.jpg?v=1787710489"},{"product_id":"daniel-in-the-lions-den-briton-riviere","title":"Daniel in the Lions' Den — Briton Rivière","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-size:1.12rem;line-height:1.55;margin:0 0 1.3em;color:#2b2723\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLook at the lions. Not one of them is looking at him.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:.78rem;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8a8177;margin:0 0 .8em\"\u003eThe story\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 1em;color:#3a3530\"\u003eRivière painted animals for a living and he was better at it than almost anyone in Victorian England — he went to the zoo the way other painters went to the life room. That expertise is the reason this picture works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 1em;color:#3a3530\"\u003eHe could have painted lions cowering, or snarling, or miraculously tamed. Instead he painted them bored. They pace, they lie down, they look at the wall. The miracle is not that they have been subdued. It is that they have simply lost interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 1em;color:#3a3530\"\u003eDaniel stands with his back to us and his hands behind him, facing away from the only light in the room. You never see his face. There are bones on the floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 1em;color:#3a3530\"\u003eIts formal title is Daniel's Answer to the King, and it hangs in Manchester. Almost nobody calls it that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-left:3px solid #c9a227;padding:.2em 0 .2em 1em;margin:1.6em 0;color:#5a5248\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeep and dark with one bar of light. Hangs beautifully on a pale wall in a room with warm lamps.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:.78rem;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8a8177;margin:0 0 .7em\"\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin:0 0 1.4em;padding-left:1.1em;line-height:1.7\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted on canvas and set in a wooden frame — not a poster, not paper behind glass.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade to order after you buy it, then shipped worldwide.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBriton Rivière, 1890. Public domain — free to reproduce, which is the only reason a canvas like this can cost what it does.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUpscaled from the museum scan before printing — sharpened, with no detail invented or added.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:.78rem;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8a8177;margin:0 0 .7em\"\u003eGood to know\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height:1.65;color:#5a5248;margin:0 0 1.4em\"\u003eScreens are backlit and canvas is not. Colours read deeper and softer on the wall than they do here. Sizes are the framed dimensions. This painting is wider than it is tall, and the sizes below match its proportions almost exactly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;padding:.75em 1em;background:#f6f2e8;border-radius:4px;font-size:.92rem;color:#5a5248\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color:#2b2723\"\u003eBuy any two prints, the third is half price.\u003c\/strong\u003e Applied automatically at checkout — no code needed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:2.6em 0 0;padding:26px 22px 24px;background:#F5F0E8;border:1px solid #E6E1DA;border-radius:18px\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"margin:0 0 .55em\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/paintings-with-a-story\" style=\"display:inline-block;text-decoration:none;font-size:.7rem;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:700;color:#8A6D1F;background:#F3EBD9;border:1px solid #E4D8BC;border-radius:999px;padding:.42em .9em\"\u003ePaintings with a Story · see the set\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003ch3 style=\"font-family:Fraunces,Georgia,serif;font-size:1.35rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:-.02em;line-height:1.2;margin:0 0 .4em;color:#2B2723\"\u003eFinish the wall\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"line-height:1.6;color:#5A5248;margin:0 0 1.3em;max-width:60ch;font-size:.96rem\"\u003eFour pictures worth owning for what happened in them. Each is sized to its own proportions, so pick the scale that suits your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:14px;align-items:stretch\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-chess-players-moritz-retzsch\" style=\"flex:1 1 190px;min-width:0;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;background:#FBF8F2;border:1px solid #E6E1DA;border-radius:14px;overflow:hidden\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0844\/3265\/0476\/files\/mock-retzsch-chess_3a3792ee-3384-444a-ba5d-88a0507a2893.jpg?v=1787710489\u0026amp;width=760\" alt=\"The Chess Players\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;aspect-ratio:1\/1;object-fit:cover;background:#F5F0E8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;padding:14px 15px 16px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.95rem;font-weight:600;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#2B2723;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eThe Chess Players\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.83rem;color:#8A8177;margin-top:2px;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eMoritz Retzsch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.88rem;color:#2B2723;font-weight:600;margin-top:8px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight:400;color:#8A8177\"\u003efrom\u003c\/span\u003e $99\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-raft-of-the-medusa-theodore-gericault\" style=\"flex:1 1 190px;min-width:0;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;background:#FBF8F2;border:1px solid #E6E1DA;border-radius:14px;overflow:hidden\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0844\/3265\/0476\/files\/mock-gericault-medusa_7b12abd9-7446-4f42-b1b0-6df506d15b67.jpg?v=1787710489\u0026amp;width=760\" alt=\"The Raft of the Medusa\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;aspect-ratio:1\/1;object-fit:cover;background:#F5F0E8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;padding:14px 15px 16px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.95rem;font-weight:600;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#2B2723;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eThe Raft of the Medusa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.83rem;color:#8A8177;margin-top:2px;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eThéodore Géricault\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.88rem;color:#2B2723;font-weight:600;margin-top:8px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight:400;color:#8A8177\"\u003efrom\u003c\/span\u003e $139\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/llywelyn-and-his-brave-hound-gelert-gourlay-steell\" style=\"flex:1 1 190px;min-width:0;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;background:#FBF8F2;border:1px solid #E6E1DA;border-radius:14px;overflow:hidden\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0844\/3265\/0476\/files\/mock-steell-gelert_a1bc4a32-8718-4920-bf23-3e7b7ace5160.jpg?v=1787710490\u0026amp;width=760\" alt=\"Llywelyn and his Brave Hound, Gelert\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;aspect-ratio:1\/1;object-fit:cover;background:#F5F0E8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;padding:14px 15px 16px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.95rem;font-weight:600;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#2B2723;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eLlywelyn and his Brave Hound, Gelert\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.83rem;color:#8A8177;margin-top:2px;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eGourlay Steell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.88rem;color:#2B2723;font-weight:600;margin-top:8px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight:400;color:#8A8177\"\u003efrom\u003c\/span\u003e $119\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"margin:1.4em 0 0;padding:.85em 1.1em;background:#FBF8F2;border:1px solid #E6E1DA;border-radius:10px;font-size:.92rem;color:#5A5248;line-height:1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#2B2723\"\u003eBuy any two, the third is half price.\u003c\/strong\u003e Applied automatically at checkout — no code needed.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fuvala","offers":[{"title":"18\" × 12\"","offer_id":48232731508972,"sku":null,"price":139.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30\" × 20\"","offer_id":48232731541740,"sku":null,"price":179.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"36\" × 24\"","offer_id":48232731574508,"sku":null,"price":259.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0844\/3265\/0476\/files\/mock-riviere-daniel_6a5f6b5c-2d0e-4a65-aac1-36fd06e1b373.jpg?v=1787710490"},{"product_id":"llywelyn-and-his-brave-hound-gelert-gourlay-steell","title":"Llywelyn and his Brave Hound, Gelert — Gourlay Steell","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-size:1.12rem;line-height:1.55;margin:0 0 1.3em;color:#2b2723\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the moment just after, and if you know the story you already know why he cannot look.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:.78rem;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8a8177;margin:0 0 .8em\"\u003eThe story\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 1em;color:#3a3530\"\u003eLlywelyn the Great came home from hunting. His hound Gelert ran out to meet him with blood around his mouth. Inside, the baby's cradle was overturned and the child was gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 1em;color:#3a3530\"\u003eLlywelyn ran his sword through the dog.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 1em;color:#3a3530\"\u003eThen he heard crying. The baby was alive underneath the cradle, unhurt — and beside it lay a dead wolf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 1em;color:#3a3530\"\u003eThe village of Beddgelert in Snowdonia is named for the hound's grave, and you can still walk to the stone. The uncomfortable part: the grave was almost certainly invented around 1800 by a local innkeeper who understood exactly what a good story does to tourism. Steell painted it anyway, eighty years later, and painted it well enough that it stopped mattering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 1em;color:#3a3530\"\u003eNote the sword still in his hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-left:3px solid #c9a227;padding:.2em 0 .2em 1em;margin:1.6em 0;color:#5a5248\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA quiet, upright picture that rewards a second look. Works in a study, a landing, or anywhere people pause.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:.78rem;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8a8177;margin:0 0 .7em\"\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin:0 0 1.4em;padding-left:1.1em;line-height:1.7\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted on canvas and set in a wooden frame — not a poster, not paper behind glass.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade to order after you buy it, then shipped worldwide.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGourlay Steell, 1880. Public domain — free to reproduce, which is the only reason a canvas like this can cost what it does.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUpscaled from the museum scan before printing — sharpened, with no detail invented or added.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:.78rem;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8a8177;margin:0 0 .7em\"\u003eGood to know\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height:1.65;color:#5a5248;margin:0 0 1.4em\"\u003eScreens are backlit and canvas is not. Colours read deeper and softer on the wall than they do here. Sizes are the framed dimensions. This painting is taller than it is wide, and the sizes below match its proportions almost exactly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;padding:.75em 1em;background:#f6f2e8;border-radius:4px;font-size:.92rem;color:#5a5248\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color:#2b2723\"\u003eBuy any two prints, the third is half price.\u003c\/strong\u003e Applied automatically at checkout — no code needed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:2.6em 0 0;padding:26px 22px 24px;background:#F5F0E8;border:1px solid #E6E1DA;border-radius:18px\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"margin:0 0 .55em\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/paintings-with-a-story\" style=\"display:inline-block;text-decoration:none;font-size:.7rem;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:700;color:#8A6D1F;background:#F3EBD9;border:1px solid #E4D8BC;border-radius:999px;padding:.42em .9em\"\u003ePaintings with a Story · see the set\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003ch3 style=\"font-family:Fraunces,Georgia,serif;font-size:1.35rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:-.02em;line-height:1.2;margin:0 0 .4em;color:#2B2723\"\u003eFinish the wall\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"line-height:1.6;color:#5A5248;margin:0 0 1.3em;max-width:60ch;font-size:.96rem\"\u003eFour pictures worth owning for what happened in them. Each is sized to its own proportions, so pick the scale that suits your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:14px;align-items:stretch\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-chess-players-moritz-retzsch\" style=\"flex:1 1 190px;min-width:0;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;background:#FBF8F2;border:1px solid #E6E1DA;border-radius:14px;overflow:hidden\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0844\/3265\/0476\/files\/mock-retzsch-chess_3a3792ee-3384-444a-ba5d-88a0507a2893.jpg?v=1787710489\u0026amp;width=760\" alt=\"The Chess Players\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;aspect-ratio:1\/1;object-fit:cover;background:#F5F0E8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;padding:14px 15px 16px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.95rem;font-weight:600;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#2B2723;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eThe Chess Players\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.83rem;color:#8A8177;margin-top:2px;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eMoritz Retzsch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.88rem;color:#2B2723;font-weight:600;margin-top:8px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight:400;color:#8A8177\"\u003efrom\u003c\/span\u003e $99\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-raft-of-the-medusa-theodore-gericault\" style=\"flex:1 1 190px;min-width:0;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;background:#FBF8F2;border:1px solid #E6E1DA;border-radius:14px;overflow:hidden\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0844\/3265\/0476\/files\/mock-gericault-medusa_7b12abd9-7446-4f42-b1b0-6df506d15b67.jpg?v=1787710489\u0026amp;width=760\" alt=\"The Raft of the Medusa\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;aspect-ratio:1\/1;object-fit:cover;background:#F5F0E8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;padding:14px 15px 16px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.95rem;font-weight:600;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#2B2723;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eThe Raft of the Medusa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.83rem;color:#8A8177;margin-top:2px;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eThéodore Géricault\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.88rem;color:#2B2723;font-weight:600;margin-top:8px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight:400;color:#8A8177\"\u003efrom\u003c\/span\u003e $139\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/daniel-in-the-lions-den-briton-riviere\" style=\"flex:1 1 190px;min-width:0;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;background:#FBF8F2;border:1px solid #E6E1DA;border-radius:14px;overflow:hidden\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0844\/3265\/0476\/files\/mock-riviere-daniel_6a5f6b5c-2d0e-4a65-aac1-36fd06e1b373.jpg?v=1787710490\u0026amp;width=760\" alt=\"Daniel in the Lions' Den\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;aspect-ratio:1\/1;object-fit:cover;background:#F5F0E8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;padding:14px 15px 16px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.95rem;font-weight:600;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#2B2723;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eDaniel in the Lions' Den\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.83rem;color:#8A8177;margin-top:2px;overflow-wrap:break-word\"\u003eBriton Rivière\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;font-size:.88rem;color:#2B2723;font-weight:600;margin-top:8px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight:400;color:#8A8177\"\u003efrom\u003c\/span\u003e $139\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"margin:1.4em 0 0;padding:.85em 1.1em;background:#FBF8F2;border:1px solid #E6E1DA;border-radius:10px;font-size:.92rem;color:#5A5248;line-height:1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#2B2723\"\u003eBuy any two, the third is half price.\u003c\/strong\u003e Applied automatically at checkout — no code needed.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fuvala","offers":[{"title":"12\" × 16\"","offer_id":48232731640044,"sku":null,"price":119.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18\" × 24\"","offer_id":48232731672812,"sku":null,"price":179.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30\" × 40\"","offer_id":48232731705580,"sku":null,"price":299.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0844\/3265\/0476\/files\/mock-steell-gelert_a1bc4a32-8718-4920-bf23-3e7b7ace5160.jpg?v=1787710490"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0844\/3265\/0476\/collections\/retzsch-chess.jpg?v=1787708463","url":"https:\/\/fuvala.com\/collections\/paintings-with-a-story.oembed","provider":"Fuvala","version":"1.0","type":"link"}