Destruction of the Turkish Fleet in the Bay of Chesme | Jacob Philipp Hackert | 1771 Size:20"x16" The painting "The Constancy of

The painting "The Constancy of Frederik Hendrik" by Gerard van Honthorst

created in 1935 after Hieronymus Bosch

with the full moon casting a ghostly light over the turbulent scene

tumultuous waves under a dark

The Laughing Demon by Katsushika Hokusai

Destruction of the Turkish Fleet in the Bay of Chesme | Jacob Philipp Hackert | 1771 Size:20"x16" The painting "The Constancy ofThe Destruction of the Turkish Fleet in the Bay of eme (Battle of eme) was a dramatic naval climax of the Russo Turkish War of 17681774, fought between 57 July 1770 in the Aegean Sea near the Ottoman port of eme on the western coast of Anatolia. A Russian squadron under Count Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov and Admiral Grigory Spiridov, though outnumbered by the larger Ottoman fleet commanded by Mandalzade Hsameddin Pasha, aggressively engaged the Turks,