Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581 is a painting by the Russian realist artist Ilya Repin, made between 1883 and 1885. It depicts the grief-stricken Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible cradling his dying son, the Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich, shortly after Ivan the Terrible had dealt a fatal blow to his sons head in a fit of anger, portraying the anguish and remorse of the elder Ivan and the shock and heartbreak of the dying Tsarevich.
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Year CreatedPainted between 1883 and 1885 per the cited source; 1885 recorded as the completion year. LocationTretyakov Gallery, Moscow 1 Medium
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Wikimedia Foundationlead section, first sentence
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.
lead section, second paragraph
In 1885, upon completion of the oil-on-canvas work, Repin sold it to Pavel Tretyakov for display in his Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
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Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581 is a painting by the Russian realist artist Ilya Repin, made between 1883 and 1885.
In Form: Painting, lead paragraph
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 Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible cradling his dying son, the Tsarevi
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