The Battle of Chesme

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historical painting painting seascape painting

The Battle of Chesme is a famous 19th-century historical seascape painting by Ivan Aivazovsky depicting the dramatic Russian naval victory over the Ottoman fleet during the 1770 Battle of Chesme.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Chesma	1
The Battle of Chesme canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical painting ⓘ painting ⓘ seascape painting ⓘ
about	Ottoman Empire military history ⓘ Russian naval history ⓘ naval tactics in the age of sail ⓘ
artForm	easel painting ⓘ
artistNationality	Russian ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Russian Empire ⓘ
creator	Ivan Aivazovsky ⓘ
depictionDate	1770 ⓘ
depicts	Aegean Sea ⓘ Battle of Chesma ⓘ surface form: Battle of Chesme Chesme Bay ⓘ Ottoman warships ⓘ Russian naval victory over the Ottoman fleet ⓘ Russian warships ⓘ burning Ottoman ships ⓘ explosions and fire on the water ⓘ naval battle ⓘ night scene at sea ⓘ
genre	history painting ⓘ marine art ⓘ
hasMedium	oil paint ⓘ
hasSubject	Ottoman navy ⓘ surface form: Ottoman fleet Russian fleet ⓘ night sky illuminated by explosions ⓘ shipwreck and destruction ⓘ smoke and flames ⓘ war at sea ⓘ
hasType	battle painting ⓘ night battle scene ⓘ
inspiredBy	Battle of Chesma ⓘ surface form: Battle of Chesme (1770)
mainSubject	Russian–Ottoman naval warfare ⓘ Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) ⓘ
movement	Romanticism ⓘ Russian Romantic art ⓘ
notableFor	dramatic lighting effects ⓘ dynamic depiction of waves and fire ⓘ patriotic Russian historical theme ⓘ
originalLanguageTitle	Russian ⓘ
portrays	Ottoman defeat ⓘ Russian victory ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted	18th century ⓘ Russo-Turkish War era ⓘ
visualStyle	dramatic chiaroscuro ⓘ romanticized realism ⓘ

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Input

Subject: The Battle of Chesme
Description of subject: The Battle of Chesme is a famous 19th-century historical seascape painting by Ivan Aivazovsky depicting the dramatic Russian naval victory over the Ottoman fleet during the 1770 Battle of Chesme.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ivan Aivazovsky → notableWork → The Battle of Chesme ⓘ

Imperial Russian Navy → notableBattle → The Battle of Chesme ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Chesma