Moonlit Night on the Black Sea

Ivan Aivazovsky

Moonlit Night on the Black Sea (Ivan Aivazovsky) — Moonlit Night on the Black Sea · Ivan Aivazovsky · .

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Unframed at this size — framing is available on 16×24 and 24×36.

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About this work

Artist: Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900)
Year: 1855
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 47 × 58 cm
Collection: A. V. Grigoriev Art and History Museum, Kozmodemyansk, Russia
Movement: Romanticism

A full moon hangs over a calm sea, its light laid down the water in a broad shimmering path, with a sailing ship and small boats silhouetted against the glow and a dark shore at the edge of the picture. Aivazovsky painted moonlit seas throughout his career, and this small canvas, signed in the lower right, is dated 1855, the year after the Crimean War reached his home town of Feodosia. The effect of moonlight on water was his most celebrated speciality, built up with thin glazes over a light ground so that the painted light seems to come from behind the surface. The picture entered the collection of the art and history museum at Kozmodemyansk, on the Volga, in 1924, when works from Moscow's museum reserves were distributed to provincial galleries.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 18×12 in • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is Moonlit Night on the Black Sea in the public domain?

Yes. Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by A. V. Grigoriev Art and History Museum.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Moonlit Night on the Black Sea painted, and in what medium?

Moonlit Night on the Black Sea dates from 1855 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 47 × 58 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

Moonlit Night on the Black Sea (Ivan Aivazovsky) — Moonlit Night on the Black Sea · Ivan Aivazovsky · . This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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