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Aivazovsky's survivors cling to wreckage at sunrise as a towering 'ninth wave' — the largest in a storm by legend — bears down on them. Radiant, translucent water and golden light make it the most famous Russian seascape. It balances terror with dazzling beauty.
The Ninth Wave
- Date1850
- MovementRomanticism
- WhereState Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg
- RegionRussia