Ilya RepinUkrainian, 1844–1930Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan on November 16, 1581
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Tretyakov Gallery
Moscow, Russia
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
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 Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich, shortly after Ivan the Terrible 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 shock and heartbreak of the dying Tsarevich, who sheds a tear at the unexpected betrayal and shock of having been killed at his father's hands.
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 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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It has been called one of Russia's most famous and controversial paintings, and is normally on display in the Tretyakov Gallery.
Particulars
- Accession number
- 743
Sources
- Tretyakov Gallery: the museum's own open data · fetched 3 days ago
- Image: Tretyakov Gallery — Museum open access
Meanwhile, in the life of Ilya Repin
The whole life1877–1882
Savva Mamontov’s circle at Abramtsevo
In Moscow Repin frequented the art circle of Savva Mamontov at his estate Abramtsevo near Moscow, where he met many of the leading painters of the day — Vasily Polenov, Valentin Serov, Mikhail Vrubel.
1881
Proceeds from the portrait go to a monument for Mussorgsky
After Mussorgsky’s death Repin used the money from the sale of his portrait to erect a monument to the composer.
autumn 1882
Vozvrashcheniye v Peterburg
38-летний художник вернулся из Москвы с набросками «Запорожцев», «Ареста пропагандиста», «Ивана Грозного» и сотнями этюдов.
1883
“Religious Procession in Kursk Province” at the exhibition
Repin worked for three years on the picture, which he first called “The Wonder-Working Icon”, gathering material in Kursk province, Kiev and Chernigov; it contains at least seventy figures with clear characters. Novoye Vremya saw in it not an impartial image of Russian reality but only an exposure of the artist’s views, whereas Igor Grabar later held that it established Repin’s reputation as Russia’s foremost artist.
1883
Travels in Western Europe with Stasov; the Communards’ wall
In 1883 Repin travelled around Western Europe with Vladimir Stasov; the same year he painted “The Wall of Père Lachaise Cemetery Commemorating the Paris Commune”.
