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Painting of two sailing boats on a moonlit sea beneath dramatic clouds, with a bright moon glowing behind them.

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Two sailing boats by moonlight, Peder Balke (1843), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A dark, moody seascape shows a large square-rigged sailing ship on the left and a smaller sailboat on the right, both under a pale moon breaking through heavy clouds over a calm, reflective sea. The painted signature Balke appears in the lower left corner.

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