Ivan the Terrible and his Son Ivan by Ilya Repin: Great Art Explained

Ilya Repin's Ivan the Terrible and his Son Ivan, is one of the most controversial and shocking images in Russian art. When it was unveiled in 1885, it caused such a scandal that the Tsar himself banned it from public view. Since then, it has been physically attacked twice - slashed in 1913 and nearly destroyed again in 2018.

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