This is a painting by the german artist jacob philipp hackert, "the burning of the turkish fleet in chesma bay. " the painting was painted by the artist in 1772 as part of his overall work dedicated to the battle of chesma on july 5-7, 1770, which took place during the russo-turkish war of 1769-1774. The painting was painted specifically for the chesma hall of the grand peterhof palace in 1772. Description of the painting. Three ships: "europe", "rostislav" and "ne tron menya" are anchored at the entrance to the harbor, near the enemy fleet, which they constantly fire at. "saratov" is standing a little behind, in order to replace one of these ships at the right moment. The frigate "nadezhda" is firing at a battery of 22 guns, "africa" continues to prevent the deployment of the second battery. The bombard is constantly firing. Since the wind had died down completely, count alexei orlov sent boats to these ships to take out the crews in case of danger. The rest of the fleet's ships were anchored. The four fire ships that were sent set fire to the turkish fleet, part of which was already burning from the hot cannonballs that hit it from three ships. The painting shows two effects of an exploding ship. The first is a huge pillar of fire that turns into a cloud, this lasts for three minutes, and then, as can be seen in the second effect, it turns into a red fire with sparks, from the middle of which a column of smoke rises, spreading upwards, this also lasts for about three minutes. The uniqueness of the painting is that it shows two ships that exploded one after the other, three minutes later, and demonstrates the different effects of such an explosion. At the same time, it is clear that the fire on the enemy fleet partially spread to part of the city and to the nearest village houses. Object Type: painting. Date: 1772. Dimensions: height: 39.2 cm (15.4 in); width: 61.1 cm (24 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Jacob Philipp Hackert - Untergang der türkischen Flotte in der Schlacht von Tschesme (1771)
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