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PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST IVAN AIVAZOVSKII

Creator(s): Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovskii (Painter)

Currently in storage


About this object

Photograph of the artist Aivazovskii seated in his studio dressed in a smock and with palette and paint brushes in his hands. He is looking at an easel and frame in which has been fitted a miniature seascape in oil depicting a large ship sailing on a calm sea near a beach.

Object name:
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST IVAN AIVAZOVSKII
Made from:
Photograph -- oil on canvas
Made in:
Russia
Date made:
1887-1888
Size:
Frame: 23.5 x 19.1 cm (9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
56.1
Class:
PHOTOGRAPH
Signature marks:
SIGNATURE; DATE signed and dated
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973