Sergey Sergeevich Botkin is depicted in this 1882 oil portrait by Ivan Kramskoi. The work presents Botkin in a half-length view, turned slightly to his left, with his gaze directed outward. The background is a deep, undifferentiated dark tone, which sets off the sitter’s pale complexion and light hair.

Botkin wears a dark coat and a white shirt, rendered with careful attention to the fall of light and the subtle variations in texture. The portrait is painted in oil on canvas and measures 71.5 by 58 centimeters. The restrained palette and precise brushwork are characteristic of Russian portraiture in the late nineteenth century, emphasizing psychological presence over decorative detail. This work is held in the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, under inventory number Ж-633.

It is an example of the portrait genre as practiced by Kramskoi, a leading figure in Russian realist painting.