| Evening Bells | |
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| Russian: Вечерний звон | |
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| Artist | Isaac Levitan |
| Year | 1892 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 87 cm × 107.6 cm (34 in × 42.4 in) |
| Location | Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
Evening Bells (Russian: Вечерний звон, romanized: Vecherniy zvon) is an 1892 oil painting by the Russian artist Isaac Levitan. The painting depicts a monastery standing by a river bend in the evening light. It is thought to be a variation of an earlier painting from 1890, Quiet Abode, which depicted a similar monastery. Evening Bells has been housed in Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery since 1918.
The painting was created by Levitan in 1892. It was sent to Saint Petersburg in December 1892, and then to the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, where it was exhibited under the title A Convent on the Eve of a Holiday. The painting was kept in the Filosofovs-Ratkovs family collection until 1918, when it was donated to the Tretyakov Gallery.
According to art historian Aleksei Fedorov-Davydov, in Evening Bells, Levitan managed "to create an impression of image commonality and unity, harmony of parts as a whole". This canvas is "one of the most musical and perfect in its artistic structure of Levitan's works", according to art historian Vladimir Petrov. He writes that "despite the motif's similarity to Quiet Abode, Evening Bells is nevertheless devoid of secondary character, has its own, unique charm".