Italian Landscape Evening by Ivan Aivazovsky was created in 1858 and is in The Aivazovsky National Art Gallery. The size of the work is 109 x 160 cm and is made of oil on canvas.

About the Work

The picture Italian Landscape. Evening was painted in 1858. This is a very subtle work full of idyllic spirit. Its prevalent shades are intense blue and purple. The artist portrayed the Alps at a distance and mirror-like surface of lake Lago Maggiore. Aivazovsky’s friend, painter Vasily Sternberg, is recognizable in one of the paddlers, and the painter himself is at the wheel. The picture was painted on the basis of recollections about the years the artist spent abroad, in Italy. Read more in The Aivazovsky National Art Gallery