Before the rain / Pered doshchem

In the foreground is a dark gray water surface with light yellow gaps in the center and near the brown shore with stones on the left. On the shore is a green boat attached to a post with a chain and next to it is a red boat with a blue stripe along the edge of the side. A little further away is a blue boat with a red stripe along the side and red benches. In the background is a raised shore covered with light green grass, two sprawling green trees and bushes along the slope leading into the river, on the right: a red boat in the water. Near the horizon on the opposite green bank of the river is a dark green forest, the sky is dark, stormy, with white gaps at the top in the center. At the bottom right is the author's signature in black paint: “Aleksandr Makovsky 1907” (“Александр Маковский 1907”). The artwork is matted. The image of the sky and light green shore has several vertical cracks; at the left edge are several black dots.