Drunk on vodka, a man attacked one of Russia’s most famous paintings with a pole, badly damaging the artwork. The painting, “Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on November 16, 1581,” was ...

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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 depicts Ivan the Terrible mortally wounding his son Ivan in a fit of rage, and it is considered the most psychologically intense of Repin’s paintings -- an expression of the artist ...

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.

Gabby and David Tracy had become rather fond of the large painting of Ivan the Terrible that had been left behind in a house David Tracy bought when he first came to Ridgefield, Conn., in 1987.

The painting depicts Ivan the Terrible cradling his son after murdering him in 1581—a version of history now disputed by those seeking to rehabilitate the notorious Russian tsar’s image.

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.

Ilya Repin's renowned depiction of Ivan the Terrible cradling his dying son was attacked with a piece of metal tubing on Friday night after breaking smashing through its protective glass casing.

Drunk on vodka, a man attacked one of Russia's most famous paintings with a pole, badly damaging the artwork. The painting, "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on November 16, 1581", was created ...