Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581 is a painting by Russian realist artist Ilya Repin made between 1883 and 1885. It depicts the grief-stricken Tsar of Russia Ivan the Terrible cradling his dying son, the Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich, shortly after the elder Ivan had dealt a fatal blow to his son’s head in a fit of anger. The painting portrays the anguish and remorse on the face of the elder Ivan and the gentleness of the dying Tsarevich, forgiving his father with his tears.
Repin used Grigoriy Myasoyedov, his friend and fellow artist, as the model for Ivan the Terrible, and writer Vsevolod Garshin for the Tsarevich. In 1885, upon completing the oil-on-canvas work, Repin sold it to Pavel Tretyakov for display in his Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
The artwork has been called one of Russia’s most famous and controversial paintings. It has been vandalized twice, once in 1913 and again in 2018. It remains on display in the Tretyakov Gallery.
Artist: Ilya Repin
Dimensions: 199.5 × 254 cm
Location: Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Created: 1883-1885
Medium: Oil on Canvas
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