Aivazovsky Met photo with oil painting, Ivan Aivazovsky, 1893

Title: [ivan constantinovich aivasovski] photography studio: babayeva studio, russian (russian, active 1890s) artist: ivan konstantinovich aivazovsky (ivan aivazovskyi) (ukrainian, feodosia 1817–1900 feodosia) date: 1893 medium: albumen silver print from glass negative with inset oil painting dimensions: image (inset oil painting): 10. 6 × 7. 3 cm (4 3/16 × 2 7/8 in. ) image (photograph): 25. 7 × 19. 3 cm (10 1/8 × 7 5/8 in. ) mount: 43. 8 × 34. 8 cm (17 1/4 × 13 11/16 in. ) inscription: inscribed in ink on image, verso cl below oil painting: "aivasovsky a mr. Gulbengyan, 1893"; inscribed in ink on mount, verso: "[illegible, likely slavic] // washington 1893"; studio stamp on mount, verso br [likely slavic]. Date: 1893.