The Battle of Sinop on 18 November 1853 (Night after Battle).
1853 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions (331 x 220 cm)
Collection: Art Whisperer
An Episode from the Crimean War of 1853-1856. The Sinop battle took place on 18 November 1853 in the old style (30 November) between the Russian and Turkish squadrons in the Turkish port of Sinop, near the southern coast of the Black Sea. It ended with the destruction of 15 of the 16 Turkish ships and a devastating fire in the city. The Russian fleet lost no ships. This was the last major battle in the history of sail fleets, and the first battle, in which the Paixhans explosive shell guns were used.
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The Battle of Sinop on 18 November 1853 (Night after Battle). (1853) by Ivan Aivazovsky, oil on canvas, from the Art Whisperer collection.
About Ivan Aivazovsky
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky; 29 July 1817 – 2 May 1900 was a Russian Romantic painter who is considered one of the greatest masters of marine art. Baptized as Hovhannes Aivazian, he was born into an Armenian family in the Black Sea port of Feodosia in Crimea and was mostly based there.
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