Oil /canvas 1968 Size: 100 X 70 cm. (39.37 x 27.56 in.)The overall size including the frame: 113 x 83 cm (44.49 x 32.68 in.) Signature. Lower right. In good condition. With auction invoice year 2009 Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Russian: Ива?н Константи?нович Айвазо?вский Ayvazovski. 29 July 1817 – 2 May 1900) was a Russian Romantic painter. He is considered one of the greatest marine artists in history.Baptized as Hovhannes Aivazian, Aivazovsky was born into an Armenian family in the Black Sea port of Feodosia and was mostly based in his native Crimea. Aivazovsky's paintings began appearing in auctions (mostly in London) some valued over $1 million, in the early 2000s. Many of his works are bought by "Russian oligarchs". In 2004, his Saint Isaac's Cathedral on a Frosty Day, a rare cityscape, unexpectedly sold for around £1 million ($1.9 million). In 2007, his painting American Shipping off the Rock of Gibraltar auctioned at £2.71 million, "more than four times its top estimate". It was, "the highest price paid at auction for Aivazovsky" at the time. In April 2012, a canvas belonging to the artist View of Constantinople and the Bosphorus (1856) was sold at Sotheby's for a record $5.2 million (£3.2 million), "well over its top estimate of £1.8m".