The obverse features I. Bilibin's two-headed eagle, the metal, fineness, mint mark, and weight. The rim reads "50 РУБЛЕЙ 1994 г." above and "БАНК РОССИИ" below.
Left: Levitsky's portrait above a palette. Right: a fragment of his painting "Nelidova, a Graduate of the Smolny Institute." Rim inscriptions: top — "РОССИЯ И МИРОВАЯ КУЛЬТУРА," bottom — "Д.Г. ЛЕВИЦКИЙ."