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Agence France-Presse

Russian police on Saturday said they arrested a man for vandalising one of the best known works of 19th century painter Ilya Repin, depicting Ivan the Terrible killing his son, at a gallery in Moscow.
Police said the man used a metal pole to break the glass covering Repin’s world famous painting of the 16th century Russian Tsar, titled Ivan the Terrible and his Son Ivan on November 16, 1581.
The Tretyakov Gallery said the work was “seriously damaged” as a result.
“The canvas has been ripped in three place in the central part of the Tsar’s son. The original frame suffered from the breaking of the glass,” the gallery said in a statement.
“Thankfully the most valuable part was not damaged,” it added, referring to the face and hands of the Tsar and his son, the Tsarevich.
The statement added that the incident took place late on Friday, just before the museum closed.
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“The man entered the already empty Ilya Repin room. He bypassed staff who were scanning the rooms before the closing, and hit the glass of the painting several times with a metal pole,” the gallery said.
I came to look at it [the painting]. I went to the buffet in the evening, I wanted to leave. Then I drank 100 grams of vodka. I don’t drink vodka and something hit me
Man arrested for vandalising painting
Russian state news agency TASS reported the man, a 37 year-old from the central city of Voronezh, did so for “historical reasons”.
Police later released a video of the man, who said he acted under the influence of alcohol.
“I came to look at it [the painting]. I went to the buffet in the evening, I wanted to leave. Then I drank 100 grams of vodka. I don’t drink vodka and something hit me,” the man said.
Ultra patriotic groups have protested against the painting before, notably in 2013 when monarchists demanded for it to be removed from the gallery.
The gallery refused to remove it and reinforced security around the work.
It is not the first time the painting has suffered an attack. In 1913, a man stabbed the work with a knife, ripping the canvas in three places. Ilya Repin was then still alive and participated in the restoration of his painting.
Since 1913, the painting has been protected by glass.
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Russian state officials have lobbied for the rehabilitation of the medieval ruler’s image, who led Russia from 1547 to 1583 and earned the moniker “Terrible” due to his brutal policy of oprichnina, which included the creation of a secret police that spread mass terror and executed thousands of people.
He also killed his own son, most likely by accident during a violent rage.
In June 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the story was a “legend” used by the West against Russia.
“Did he kill his son? Did he not? Many experts say he did not and that this was invented by the Pope’s Nuncio who came to Russia for talks and tried to turn Orthodox Rus to a Catholic Rus,” Putin said.
In October 2016, Russia inaugurated a controversial monument, the first of its kind, to the 16th century tyrant in Oryol, a city some 335 kilometres south of Moscow.


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Russian man arrested after getting drunk on vodka and attacking priceless artwork of Ivan the Terrible

Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on November 16, 1581 Photo: WIKIART

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It’s not the first time the controversial piece has been attacked, and authorities said the valuable part of it was not harmed


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Russian man arrested after getting drunk on vodka and attacking priceless artwork of Ivan the Terrible

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It’s not the first time the controversial piece has been attacked, and authorities said the valuable part of it was not harmed