View of Constantinople

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Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovskii (1817-1900)
View of Constantinople
signed in Cyrillic and dated 'Aivazovskii 1852' (lower centre)
oil on canvas
47¾ x 76¾in. (121.5 x 195cm.)

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Lot Essay

A typical scene by Russia's greatest seascape artist. Born in Feodosia in the Crimea of Armenian ancestry, Aivazovskii was a pensioner of the Academy of Arts and sent to western Europe to broaden his studies. In 1842 in italy he met J.M.Turner, who was so impressed by the younger artist's talent that he composed a poem in his praise.

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