Ivan Aivazovsky’s painting the Bay of Naples (1878) has been sold for 2,3 million pounds at Sotheby’s.

The total sales revenue amounted to 5.62 million pounds ($ 7.1 million), according to the auction’s website.

His other painting – the Passing Ship on a Moonlight Night (1868) – sold for 435 thousand pounds.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Sotheby's put its bidding online.