Walking on Water by Ivan Aivazovsky: The Sea Painter's Miracle (1888)
It is night on the Sea of Galilee. The waves are high, the disciples are crouched in their boat, and one of them grips an oar that the sea is tearing out of his hands. Then a figure comes towards them across the water, wrapped in light. Peter has already climbed out of the boat to meet him and is now up to his waist in the waves, reaching out. Ivan Aivazovsky, the most famous sea painter of the nineteenth century, painted Walking on Water in 1888, when he was over seventy. The picture below is our vintage poster version; a painterly print of the same scene is shown further down. Vintage art poster by Sapiens Verbum after Ivan Aivazovsky, Walking on Water , 1888. Available from the Sapiens Verbum print shop. 🖼️ Get the vintage poster → Quick facts Artist: Ivan Aivazovsky (Feodosia, 1817–1900) Title: Walking on Water (Russian: Khozhdenie po vodam ) Date: 1888 Medium: Oil on canvas, vertical format Subject: Matthew 14:22–33, Christ and P...