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Night seascape with glowing winged figures rising from foaming waves beneath a dark, cloud-filled sky.

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A moonlit sea under a dark, cloud-filled sky, with luminous white foam breaking around a glowing cluster of winged figures rising from the water. Two dark figures swim in the foreground at left, while small flying figures hover above the waves. The painting is by Ivan Aivazovsky and is titled The birth of Aphrodite.

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