Destruction of the Turkish Fleet in the Bay of Chesme | Jacob Philipp Hackert | 1771 Size:20"x16" The Laughing Demon by Katsushika

The Laughing Demon by Katsushika Hokusai

The dramatic brushstrokes and dynamic lighting heighten the sense of performance

It was transferred to canvas after Goya's death and is now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid

tumultuous waves under a dark

Destruction of the Turkish Fleet in the Bay of Chesme | Jacob Philipp Hackert | 1771 Size:20"x16" The Laughing Demon by KatsushikaThe 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,