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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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Original image by Ivan Aivazovsky. Uploaded by Artem Vynohradov, published on 11 April 2022. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Public Domain. This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
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APA Style
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/
Chicago Style
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/.
MLA Style
Aivazovsky, Ivan. "The Ninth Wave by Ivan Aivazovsky." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 11 Apr 2022. Web. 24 Dec 2024.
