The picture painted in the vicinity of Vy

March - one of the Levitan's major works. The landscape reflects the peculiar features of Russian Impressionism. The painting's foreground is filled with motion: relief mosaics convey sunlight sparkles and glow, and friability of melting snow.

The artist transfers the soul desire of the charmed world into light and fading in distance sounds of personified convent. Interrupting the movement of cross-rhythms of the skyline, shore, bridges, boats, he creates a sense of elusive image. The picture painted during artist's stay on the Volga River, in places near Krivoozerskiy monastery on the outskirts of the city Vysny Volochok.