Black Sea Collection (page 7)

The martyrdom of St Clement, altarpiece, 1725 (oil on canvas)
3362281 The martyrdom of St Clement, altarpiece, 1725 (oil on canvas) by Ghezzi, Pier Leone (1674-1755); Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; Photo © Stefano Baldini

Port marin, la nuit (Un grand voilier amarre sur la mer Noire) - Seaport at Night - Peinture de Alexander Vasilyevich
FIA5329468 Port marin, la nuit (Un grand voilier amarre sur la mer Noire) - Seaport at Night - Peinture de Alexander Vasilyevich Shevchenko (Alexandre Chevtchenko) (1883-1948), huile sur toile

Coast of Lazestan; Adventures in Lazestan, 1875. Creator: Frederick A. Lyons
Coast of Lazestan; Adventures in Lazestan, 1875. [Scene near the Black Sea]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C

La mutinerie du cuirasse Potemkine - The mutiny on the battleship Potemkin in 1905 par Maximov
FIA5403497 La mutinerie du cuirasse Potemkine - The mutiny on the battleship Potemkin in 1905 par Maximov, Konstantin Ivanovich (1893- after 1938), - Chromolithography, 42x56

July motion
Raceala Elena

Raid of Shamshi-Adad III to the Shore of The Great Sea, illustration from Hutchinsons History of the Nations (litho)
IL340194 Raid of Shamshi-Adad III to the Shore of The Great Sea, illustration from Hutchinsons History of the Nations (litho) by Dudley

Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons (coloured engraving)
2905839 Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons (coloured engraving) by Pound, Daniel John. (fl.1860); Private Collection; (add.info.: Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons. Commander of the British Fleet in the Black Sea)

Vue de Tauride (Chersonese taurique, actuelle presqu ile de Crimee) View of Taurida par Petrov
FIA5404129 Vue de Tauride (Chersonese taurique, actuelle presqu ile de Crimee) View of Taurida par Petrov, Vasily Petrovich (1770-1810), 1791 - Oil on canvas - State A

View of the Black Sea Detail of the world map (mappamundi) of brother Maurus (Mauro)
LRI4648476 View of the Black Sea Detail of the world map (mappamundi) of brother Maurus (Mauro) camaldolese 1459 Biblioteca Marciana, Venice by Fra Mauro (1385-1460); Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana

Fortresses, Sevastopol, 1855 (print)
7212210 Fortresses, Sevastopol, 1855 (print) by Le Marchant Tupper, Gaspard (1826-1906); (add.info.: The Saint Nicholas, Constantine)

Guerre russo-turque (russo turque) de 1877-1878 : "La ville de Theodosie (ou Feodossia)
FIA5371556 Guerre russo-turque (russo turque) de 1877-1878 : " La ville de Theodosie (ou Feodossia) en Crimee bombardee par la flotte turque en 1878"

Docks and port of Sevastopol, 1855 during Crimean War, 19th century (print)
7212211 Docks and port of Sevastopol, 1855 during Crimean War, 19th century (print) by Le Marchant Tupper, Gaspard (1826-1906); (add.info)

Surf in Yalta par Vasilyev, Fyodor Alexandrovich (1850-1873). Oil on canvas, 1871-1872, State A
FIA5404175 Surf in Yalta par Vasilyev, Fyodor Alexandrovich (1850-1873). Oil on canvas, 1871-1872, State A. Radishchev Art Museum, Saratov by Vasilyev

La bataille navale de Tendra (en Mer Noire) les 8 et 9 septembre 1790. (The Naval Battle of Tendra on 8)
FIA5374927 La bataille navale de Tendra (en Mer Noire) les 8 et 9 septembre 1790. (The Naval Battle of Tendra on 8 and 9 September 1790). Episode de la guerre russo turque (1787-1792)

Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons (engraving)
818892 Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons (engraving) by Pound, Daniel John. (fl.1860); Private Collection; (add.info.: Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons)

Tours sur les rochers pres du Bosphore (vue de la forteresse Rumeli Hisari a istanbul)
FIA5327139 Tours sur les rochers pres du Bosphore (vue de la forteresse Rumeli Hisari a istanbul) (Towers on the rocks near Bosphorus)

North Sea Storm par Aivazovsky, Ivan Konstantinovich (1817-1900), 1865 - Oil on canvas, 267x196 - I
FIA5404064 North Sea Storm par Aivazovsky, Ivan Konstantinovich (1817-1900), 1865 - Oil on canvas, 267x196 - I. Ayvasovsky National Art Gallery, Feodosiya by Aivazovsky

Le debarquement du general Nikolai Nikolaievitch Raievski, a Subashi (Ukraine)
FIA5368042 Le debarquement du general Nikolai Nikolaievitch Raievski, a Subashi (Ukraine), en juillet 1839 (The landing of the general N.Raevsky at Subashi on July 1839)

Guerre russo-turque (russo turque) de 1877-1878 : l attaque des voiliers russes sur le cuirasse turc Assari Shevket
FIA5365116 Guerre russo-turque (russo turque) de 1877-1878 : l attaque des voiliers russes sur le cuirasse turc Assari Shevket, sur la Mer Noire

Gurzuf (dans le golfe de Crimee, sur la Mer Noire, en Ukraine) (Gurzuf). Vue du rivage marin
FIA5328573 Gurzuf (dans le golfe de Crimee, sur la Mer Noire, en Ukraine) (Gurzuf). Vue du rivage marin, depuis la terrasse d un cafe d une ville balneaire

La forteresse de Soudak (Ukraine) (Sudak, Fortress). Peinture de Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky
FIA5334921 La forteresse de Soudak (Ukraine) (Sudak, Fortress). Peinture de Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Ivan Konstantinovitch Aivazovski, 1817-1900). Huile sur toile, 29 x 45 cm

Strait dei Dardanelli, birds eye view: on the left the European coast, on the right the Asian coast
6203315 Strait dei Dardanelli, birds eye view: on the left the European coast, on the right the Asian coast, highlighted the forts to defend the territory, 1853 (colour litho) by Italian School

Oil tanker on fire (colour litho)
7157443 Oil tanker on fire (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oil tanker on fire)

Sur le rivage de la Mer Noire (At the Black Sea Shore). Une femme seule et elegante
FIA5332652 Sur le rivage de la Mer Noire (At the Black Sea Shore). Une femme seule et elegante, assise sur les rochers de la plage, regarde l horizon sur la mer

Vue d Odessa depuis la mer (View of Odessa from the sea) (Ukraine). Peinture de Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky
FIA5329767 Vue d Odessa depuis la mer (View of Odessa from the sea) (Ukraine). Peinture de Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900). Huile sur toile, 45 x 58 cm, 1865, art russe, romantisme

The Butter Plate, number 387, Satirical in Colors, 1908_8_29
ICA4909076 The Butter Plate, number 387, Satirical in Colors, 1908_8_29: Turkey - Illustration by George of Ostoya-Sochinsky (D Ostoya) (1878-1937) by Ostoya

Map of the eastern part of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
AIS5369945 Map of the eastern part of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, manuscript of a 16th century portolan atlas (manuscript) by Martines, Joan (16th century); Museu Maritim Atarazanas

Balaklava, Crimean War (engraving)
3638151 Balaklava, Crimean War (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Balaklava, Crimean War.); Look and Learn / Elgar Collection

Ovid among the Scythians, 1862 (oil on paper, laid down on wood)
scythia, Christian, care, metamorphoses, landscape, empire, french, romanticism, sea, christianity, romantic, exile, milk, black sea, exiled, horse, painting, banishment, constanta

English and French troops disembarking on the orders of Marshall St Arnaud
3744632 English and French troops disembarking on the orders of Marshall St Arnaud, 1854 (lithograph) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Odessa, on the Black Sea (engraving)
5232892 Odessa, on the Black Sea (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Odessa, on the Black Sea)

Catalan Atlas, Sheet 9, 1375 (pen and coloured inks on parchment)
5054647 Catalan Atlas, Sheet 9, 1375 (pen and coloured inks on parchment) by Cresques, Abraham (1325-87); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: World map made in Majorca)

Six men in front of a house, Caucasus and Black Sea area, Russian Empire
698951 Six men in front of a house, Caucasus and Black Sea area, Russian Empire, between 1905 and 1915 (photo) by Prokudin-Gorsky, Sergey (1863-1944); eGalerie Bilderwelt; Russian, out of copyright

The Miracle of the Black Sea or the Miracle of St Clement (fresco)
703250 The Miracle of the Black Sea or the Miracle of St Clement (fresco) by Italian School; San Clemente, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: Pope Clement I (d.99), Saint Clement of Rome

The Fortresses of the Bosphorus (engraving)
1106205 The Fortresses of the Bosphorus (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fortresses of the Bosphorus)

Horses of the Crimea in a Winter Storm on the Black Sea (engraving)
1097429 Horses of the Crimea in a Winter Storm on the Black Sea (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Horses of the Crimea in a Winter Storm on the Black Sea)

The Black Sea, Battery and Lighthouse, Entrance to the Bosphorus (engraving)
1097443 The Black Sea, Battery and Lighthouse, Entrance to the Bosphorus (engraving) by Read, Samuel (1816-83); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Black Sea, Battery and Lighthouse)

Sevastopol in Ukraine (engraving)
819133 Sevastopol in Ukraine (engraving) by Ramage, J (fl.1860) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sevastopol in Ukraine, located on the Black Sea coast of the Crimean Peninsula)

A pirate venture in the Black Sea (colour litho)
2808898 A pirate venture in the Black Sea (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A pirate venture in the Black Sea)

Conflagration of Sebastopol, sketched on the Morning of 9 September, from the Height... (engraving)
2785545 Conflagration of Sebastopol, sketched on the Morning of 9 September, from the Height... (engraving) by English School

HMS "Royal Albert"(chromolitho)
2790844 HMS " Royal Albert" (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: HMS " Royal Albert." Illustration for one of a set of cigarette cards)

The "Magellan"and the "Sidon"attacking Kustengeh, on the Black Sea (engraving)
1619077 The " Magellan" and the " Sidon" attacking Kustengeh, on the Black Sea (engraving) by English School

Entrance to the Coal-Mine of Heraclea, on the Black Sea (engraving)
1607640 Entrance to the Coal-Mine of Heraclea, on the Black Sea (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Entrance to the Coal-Mine of Heraclea, on the Black Sea)

Wreck of an Egyptian Vessel of War in the Black Sea (engraving)
1607900 Wreck of an Egyptian Vessel of War in the Black Sea (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wreck of an Egyptian Vessel of War in the Black Sea)

Crimean War (engraving)
1607775 Crimean War (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Crimean War. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 30 September 1854)

War Sketches (engraving)
1589590 War Sketches (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: War Sketches. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 18 August 1877)

Map of Sixteenth Century Turkey, from the Sala delle Carte Geografiche
BEN90577 Map of Sixteenth Century Turkey, from the Sala delle Carte Geografiche (Hall of Geographical Maps) 1575 (oil on panel) by Bonsignori, Stefano and Danti

The Lighthouse at Cape Chersonese, plate from The Seat of War in the East
STC142023 The Lighthouse at Cape Chersonese, plate from The Seat of War in the East, published by Colnaghi and Co. 1856 (litho) by Simpson

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"The Enigmatic Black Sea: A Tapestry of History, Beauty, and Adventure" Journey back in time to the year 1154 with Al-Idrisi's world map, where the vast expanse of the Black Sea first graced cartographic records. Fast forward to a sunny beach scene along Bulgaria's picturesque Black Sea coast – an idyllic paradise known as Sunny Beach. Here, golden sands meet azure waters under a radiant sun. As you explore Slanchev Bryag (Sunny Beach), nestled between Varna and Burgas, you'll discover a vibrant tapestry of European charm. The old town and fishing harbor of Nesebur (Nessebar) beckon with their timeless allure along this captivating coastline. Delve deeper into history as dynasties rise and fall during the era of Buwayids around 932 A. D. , depicted by Emery Walker Ltd. 's evocative creation. Witness courage amidst chaos through Hayes' artistic rendition capturing "The Charge of the Light Brigade" during the Battle of Balaclava in 1854. A topographic map from 1897 unveils Europe's intricate landscape, showcasing how the Balkan Peninsula stood at that momentous time in 1878 through a lithograph. Byzantine empires clash with Crusaders against Seljuks circa 1130 A. D. , immortalized once again by Emery Walker Ltd. 's artistry. Marvel at an Ottoman Empire brought to life through another lithograph published in 1878 – its grandeur stretching across lands surrounding the enigmatic Black Sea. And finally, lose yourself within an antique map depicting not only this sea but also its neighboring territories throughout centuries past. The Black Sea is more than just shimmering waters; it is a testament to humanity's enduring spirit and resilience throughout ages marked by conquests, trade routes, cultural exchanges, and breathtaking landscapes that continue to captivate explorers to this day.