UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1754: In 1581, Ivan beat his son, Ivan in a heated argument causing his son's death. Depicted in the painting by Ilya Repin, 'Ivan the Terrible killing his son' by Ilya Repin.

Ivan The Terrible And His Son Ivan On November 16th, 1581, a painting dating from 1885, was seriously damaged in the attack, in which the man used a metal fence post to smash the protection glass ...

The director of Russia’s state-run Tretyakov Gallery says Ilya Repin's painting of Ivan the Terrible will be displayed in a special protective glass case after it was damaged by a vandal.

The painting, named "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on November 16, 1581," was vandalized on Saturday by a man who was reported to be in a vodka-fueled rampage. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) ...

Repin's painting, which was completed in 1885, depicts the moment of deranged grief when the aging Ivan the Terrible realizes he has murdered his son and heir apparent in a rage.

The painting - titled 'Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on November 16, 1581,' depicts Russia's first czar cradling his dying son after striking him in a fit of rage.

Russia on Monday called for the harshest possible punishment after a visitor to Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery caused serious damage by attacking a famous 19th-century painting of Ivan the Terrible.

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The painting, “Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on November 16, ... 'Ivan the Terrible killing his son' by Ilya Repin. Ivan IV 'the Terrible' (1530 - 1584) Tsar of Russia 1533 - 1584.

A vandal enraged by what he claimed is a misleading portrayal of Ivan the Terrible has badly damaged one of the most iconic paintings of the infamous Tsar.