Jacob Philipp Hackert Island of Mytilene, Jacob Philipp Hackert, between 1772 and 1778

The painting by jacob philipp hackert "russian squadron off the island of mytilene" from a series of canvases painted in the 1770s for the chesme hall of the grand peterhof palace. Depicts the russian squadron off the coast of the island of mytilene (lesbos) before the attack on the harbor of the city of mytilene on the island on november 2-4 (13-15), 1771, during the first archipelago expedition of the russian fleet during the russo-turkish war of 1768-1774. Date: between 1772 and 1778.