On the right below there is a signature: “M. Aladzhalov”, – a modern colorful layer. By the nature of the inscription is similar to the autographs of the artist. Based on the stylistic and technological research, the attribution of the expert’s work by artist M. Aladjalov does not cause doubts.
The author’s style corresponds to: the nature of the composition, the color range, the picturesque methods of constructing the paint layer, and the form of the individual smear. The X-ray examination revealed both the individual form of the painting smear and the general black and white picture typical of M. Kh. Aladzhalov’s reference works.
According to the state of art materials, the picturesque manner of performance and the data of the artist’s creative biography, the most probable time of creation of the work under study is the 1900s-1910s
Estanque – en Manuil Khristoforovich Aladzhalo 
Étang – à Manuil Khristoforovich Aladzhalo 
Swimming place (pond) by Thomas Eakins 
Houses by Vincent van Gogh 
Water Lily Pond by Claude Monet 
Still life with a basket of apples by Vincent Van Gogh 
Meguro, pond Tiegaike by Utagawa Hiroshige 
Nun by Ilya Repin