Repin painted portraits of Tolstoy many times. In 1891, he depicted a writer lying with a book under a tree, in Yasnaya Polyana.
Tolstoy lies in a cozy place, under the trees in the shade, on his blue robe, covered with white. Sunny bunnies, which have painted the writer’s white attire, jumping everywhere – on clothes, grass, foliage of trees – give the picture an inexplicable charm.
Repin himself considered this picture beautiful. He enjoyed the spectacle of the great man’s rest, when his body, weary for years, and perhaps the physical work that was done, needed rest, and the tireless and cheerful spirit insistently demanded food for its incessant activity.
Related Paintings 
Portrait of L. N. Tolstoy by Ilya Repin 
L. N. Tolstoy de vacaciones en el bosque – Ilya Repin 
Plowman. Leo Tolstoy on arable land by Ilya Repin 
Retrato de L. N. Tolstoy – Ilya Repin 
Plowman Leo Tolstoy en tierra arable – Ilya Repin 
Portrait de L. N. Tolstoy – Ilya Repin 
L. N. Tolstoï en vacances dans la forêt – Ilya Repin 
Rest by Ilya Repin
Portrait of L. N. Tolstoy by Ilya Repin L. N. Tolstoy de vacaciones en el bosque – Ilya Repin Plowman. Leo Tolstoy on arable land by Ilya Repin Retrato de L. N. Tolstoy – Ilya Repin Plowman Leo Tolstoy en tierra arable – Ilya Repin Portrait de L. N. Tolstoy – Ilya Repin L. N. Tolstoï en vacances dans la forêt – Ilya Repin Rest by Ilya Repin