The Ninth Wave by Ivan Aivazovsky

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Illustration

Artem Vynohradov
by Ivan Aivazovsky
published on 11 April 2022
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The Ninth Wave, oil on canvas painting by Ivan Aivazovsky, 1850.

Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg.

The painting depicts the sea after a huge night storm and people injured in a shipwreck. The sun's rays illuminate the huge waves. The largest of them - the ninth wave is ready to fall on people who are trying to escape on the wreckage of the mast.

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Aivazovsky, I. (2022, April 11). The Ninth Wave by Ivan Aivazovsky. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15679/the-ninth-wave-by-ivan-aivazovsky/

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Aivazovsky, Ivan. "The Ninth Wave by Ivan Aivazovsky." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified April 11, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15679/the-ninth-wave-by-ivan-aivazovsky/.

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Aivazovsky, Ivan. "The Ninth Wave by Ivan Aivazovsky." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 11 Apr 2022. Web. 26 Jul 2024.

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