Portrait of Fyodor Vasilyev was painted by Ivan Kramskoi in 1871 using oil on canvas. The work measures 88.3 by 68.3 centimeters and is part of the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery. It is a portrait genre painting created during a period when Kramskoi was an active member of the Russian realist movement and involved with the Peredvizhniki (Wanderers) group. The painting presents a young man, identified as Fyodor Vasilyev, shown standing in a three-quarter pose against a textured, monochromatic brown background.

He wears a brown suit with a vest and a watch chain, his left hand resting in his pocket and his right arm leaning on the back of a chair. The sitter’s expression is calm and direct, with light falling from the left, illuminating his face and upper body. The brushwork is precise in the rendering of the facial features and clothing, while the background is more loosely handled, emphasizing the figure. The work is held by the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, a major institution for Russian art.

Portrait of Fyodor Vasilyev is an example of Kramskoi’s interest in psychological portraiture and his connections with other Russian artists of the period, as Vasilyev himself was a painter. The painting remains a significant record of the artistic circle in Russia in the early 1870s.