LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

49.02 in. (124.50 cm.) (height) by 76.97 in. (195.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in Cyrillic and dated 1856 lower right

Literature:

Gianni Caffiero and Ivan Samarine, Aivazovsky: Seas, Cities and Dreams, London, 2000, p. 209, pl. 127, illustrated; pp. 186-7, p. 287, listed; Bank Austria Kunstforum, Aiwasowski, Maler des Meeres, (exh. cat.),Vienna, 2011, no. 13, illustrated

Provenance:

Sale: Sotheby's, London, 15 June 1995, lot 18; Purchased at the above sale by the present owner