Brig "Mercury" Attacked by Two Turkish Ships
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Brig "Mercury" Attacked by Two Turkish Ships (Russian: Бриг "Меркурий", атакованный двумя турецкими кораблями) is an 1892 oil on canvas painting by Russian painter Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900). Aivazovsky painted over 6,000 works, more than half of which are seascapes.[1]
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Artist | Ivan Aivazovsky |
Year | 1892 |
Medium | Oil-on-canvas |
Dimensions | 212 cm × 339 cm (83 in × 133 in) |
Location | Theodosia Art Gallery, Crimea |
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It depicts three ships in close combat on a rough sea; as the name suggests, the battle occurs between two Turkish warships, and another ship referred to in the painting's title as the Mercury. While Aivazovsky painted many seascapes, often involving ships and boats of various descriptions, and many showing ships that were damaged or shipwrecked, few of his works featured ships in close naval combat.