Constance, Albert Pinkham Ryder

Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847–1917) was one of the most visionary and original American painters of the 19th century — a solitary, eccentric genius who worked slowly and obsessively in his cluttered New York studio, building up layers of paint and varnish over years to create images of haunting, dreamlike intensity. His moonlit seascapes and allegorical scenes feel like paintings from another world.

Constance is inspired by Chaucer’s Man of Law’s Tale — the story of the patient, long-suffering Constance, set adrift on the sea at the mercy of fate and divine providence. Ryder captures her in a small boat on a vast, glowing sea beneath a luminous sky, alone and yet somehow serene — a tiny human figure held in the immensity of ocean and light. The painting has the quality of a dream or a myth: timeless, mysterious, deeply moving.

Today it is held in the Brooklyn Museum in New York. A rare and extraordinary work from one of America’s most poetic painters, now available as a museum-quality print for your home.

• Museum-quality giclée print on premium photo paper
• Faithful color reproduction of the original oil painting
• Rich detail preserving Ryder’s luminous, atmospheric tonal depth
• Ready to frame and display