Image Analysis

Ilya Repin, ​Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581, ca. 1883 - 1885, oil on canvas, 78.5 in × 100 in, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

Ilya Repin, ​Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581, c. 1883 - 1885, oil on canvas, 78.5 in × 100 in, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

Ilya Repin, ​Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581, ca. 1883 - 1885, oil on canvas, 78.5 in × 100 in, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

Ilya Repin, ​Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581, ca. 1883 - 1885, oil on canvas, 78.5 in × 100 in, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

Ilya Repin, ​Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581, ca. 1883 - 1885, oil on canvas, 78.5 in × 100 in, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

Ilya Repin, ​Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581, ca. 1883 - 1885, oil on canvas, 78.5 in × 100 in, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

​Artist, Title, Date of creation, Type of art medium, Dimensions, Location of artwork.

Ilya Repin, ​Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581, ca. 1883 - 1885, oil on canvas, 78.5 in × 100 in, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

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Ilya Repin, ​Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581, ca. 1883 - 1885, oil on canvas, 78.5 in × 100 in, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.