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I'm sorry Boblin (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] demlet@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_the_Terrible_and_His_Son_Ivan?wprov=sfla1

Another commenter called it eerie, but I would say more tragic. It depicts the moment after Ivan has struck his son a deadly blow in a fit of rage.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I have a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that Ivan the Terrible posed/modelled for the painting that depicted the evebt

[–] xErah@anarchist.nexus 5 points 5 days ago

From the Wikipedia article:

“Repin used Grigoriy Myasoyedov, his friend and fellow artist, as the model for Ivan the Terrible, and writer Vsevolod Garshin for the Tsarevich.”

[–] crater2150@feddit.org 6 points 6 days ago

From the Wikipedia link above:

Repin used Grigoriy Myasoyedov, his friend and fellow artist, as the model for Ivan the Terrible, and writer Vsevolod Garshin for the Tsarevich.