The artist, Dmitry Nalbandyan, lived most of his life in Moscow, and often depicted the city in his paintings. His primary source of inspiration was the central town, Kremlin towers, Alexander Gardens and the bridges over the Moskva River.

At the base of the tower is the road which looks busy, for the Soviet times, with a score of cars speeding both ways. The left part of the canvas shows a section of the Kremlin wall, with the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in the background. To the right of the road is the frozen-over Moskva River. Further at the back are the pinnacles of a few other Kremlin towers.

Dmitry Nalbandyan chose a tranquil, subdued palette for his painting. The darkest colours are in the lower part of the canvas used in the base of the Vodovzvodnaya Tower, adjoining sections of the wall, the road and the trees at the back. The tops of the towers and the church dome are lighter in tone as if highlighted by shafts of sunlight. The sky in the painting is clear, with wispy clouds also lit up by the winter sun.

The artist created this painting in a manner close to impressionist, working in broad, smooth, unrestrained brush strokes, combining denser, dark tones and airy and light-toned colours.

Apart from his works in the manner of social realism, the artist did still life and landscape paintings in oil. He particularly favoured views of Crimea, Caucasus Mountains and woods near Moscow. He was very thorough in picking colours for his paintings, reflecting the mood through the interplay of light and shadows, and nuances and transitions of colour.

There are Nalbandyan’s works in the Russian Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery, some other museums and in private collections in Russia and elsewhere. One of his paintings belongs to the famous Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.