14 works by Aivazovsky were first presented at the Central Naval Museum of St. Petersburg

Graphic works by Aivazovsky from the Peterhof State Museum-Preserve were first presented at the exhibition "The Sea Symphony of Ivan Aivazovsky", which opened in the Central Naval Museum of St. Petersburg on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the artist's birth.

"For the first time, graphic works from the Peterhof State Museum-Preserve are presented at the exhibition, 14 drawings by Aivazovsky depicting the port cities of Nikolaev and Sevastopol were executed in 1845-1846, and the artist was attached to the suite of Emperor Nicholas I, in parallel with pictorial canvases there appeared full-scale graphic sheets In addition to documentary thoroughness, they are distinguished by the virtuosity of their performance, "the museum's chief Ruslan Nekhai quoted in the message.

The exhibition presents the canvases of the Vesta steamer battleship with the Turkish battleship Fethi-Bulend, the seizure of the Turkish transport Mersin by the steamer, the maneuvers of the Black Sea Fleet, the squadron of the Black Sea Fleet in front of the entrance to the Sevastopol raid, and Several small pictures documenting the visit of Nicholas I to Sevastopol shortly before the Crimean War.