Naval Battle Scene, Ivan Aivazovsky — Art Postcard

Among Aivazovsky's epic battle canvases, this is his naval battle commission register — warships locked in fire, cannon smoke smudging the horizon, and small rescue boats pulling survivors from the lit water. The whole picture moves on the orange of burning ship and the white of sea spray.

A card for collectors of nineteenth-century maritime history and anyone drawn to the dramatic side of his catalogue.