# Shipwreck

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## Artwork

- Artist: [AIVAZOVSKY, Ivan Konstantinovich](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/aivazovsky-ivan-konstantinovich-r7ac87f2e8e8924>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Pencil and gouache on paper, 230 x 327 mm

## Commentary

This drawing reflects Aivazovsky&#39;s ability to capture the changing moods of the sea. His work is famous for the depiction of water in all states. Here he shows nature as powerful and threatening. The picture is signed and dated lower right: Aivasovsky 1856.

## Related artworks

- [A Strong Wind](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/aivazovsky-ivan-konstantinovich-r7ac87f2e8e8924/a-strong-wind-r23137bc0ea2e6a>)
- [Ship in the Stormy Sea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/aivazovsky-ivan-konstantinovich-r7ac87f2e8e8924/ship-in-the-stormy-sea-r1a610efc24016d>)
- [The Ninth Wave](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/aivazovsky-ivan-konstantinovich-r7ac87f2e8e8924/the-ninth-wave-rb6df1df8d6ae59>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)