Fishing / Rybalka

Summer landscape. In the foreground to the left is the corner of the brown-green river bank. Wrapping it diagonally from right to left is a pink strip of coastal water. In the background is the dark green surface of the river. In the center on the water, on the edge of pink and dark green, is a brown wooden boat with its bow turned to the left. In the boat there is a figure of a fisherman sitting with a fishing rod in a white shirt and a pink vest. Turn of kneeling head and figure in profile left, hands holding rods, lying on knees. On the opposite raised bank of the river - which is overgrown with greenery in the center - is a white house with a dark brown roof. The silhouette of the village along the horizon line. The sky is covered with pinkish-yellow clouds with blue sky openings. On the reverse side – upper left in pencil: 1888-1895; upper right in large letters: RUM 22/4 ("РУМ 22/4"). Lower left label with seal, handwritten: "#3, Kostandi "Fisherman", property of Kostandi Seraf. The price is 6000 rubbles. copy 22/4 12,000 rubbles ("№3, Костанді "Рибалка", власність Костанді Сераф. Ціна 6000 руб. пр. 22/4 12000 руб.") On the lower right, in ink, "Fisherman" No. 4 s.Kostandi ("’Рибалка’ №4 с.Костанді"). On the right, in the very corner, a sticker of white paper, written in ink "OGKG vp 24" ("ОГКГ вп 24"). The work is enveloped. On the lower edge of wear.