A painting in the Tretyakov Gallery was damaged. In the Tretyakov Gallery, a vandal caused serious damage to Repin’s painting “Ivan the Terrible”

MOSCOW, May 26. /TASS/. Serious damage was caused to the painting “Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan on November 16, 1581” as a result of a vandal attack on Friday evening - the canvas was torn in three places in the central part of the work on the figure of the prince. The press service of the Tretyakov Gallery reported this on Saturday.

"As a result of the impacts, the thick glass that protected the work from fluctuations in temperature and humidity conditions was broken. The painting suffered serious damage. The canvas was broken in three places in the central part of the work on the figure of the prince. The author's art frame was severely damaged from the fall of the glass. By a lucky coincidence, the most valuable items - images of the faces and hands of the Tsar and Tsarevich - were not damaged,” the press service clarified.

“After receiving information about what happened at the museum, the chief curator, restorers, the management of the museum’s security service, as well as employees of a specialized company for working with works of art immediately arrived at the scene to take urgent measures to save the work.<...>Upon completion of the initial operational and investigative activities, the museum restorers carried out urgent emergency work - glass fragments were removed, the painting and frame were dismantled, after which the work was removed from permanent exhibition and transferred to the museum’s restoration workshop,” the Tretyakov Gallery added.

Gallery restorers are studying the consequences of the blows and are working on a consistent program to restore the work. “Among the priority actions is holding an expanded restoration council with the invitation of the country’s leading specialists,” the press service reported.

The Tretyakov Gallery added that the general director of the Tretyakov Gallery, Zelfira Tregulova, is on a business trip abroad, but receives prompt information, constantly contacts the museum staff by phone and reports what is happening to the leadership of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

Criminal case

Police in Moscow detained the attacker, said official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk.

“On Friday evening, the police received a message from a security officer at the State Tretyakov Gallery about damage to the painting. Police officers who arrived at the scene detained a citizen who used a metal fence post to break the glass of the painting and damage the canvas,” Volk said.

A criminal case has been initiated under the article “Destruction or damage to objects cultural heritage(historical and cultural monuments) of peoples Russian Federation included in a single State Register objects of cultural heritage (historical and cultural monuments) of the peoples of the Russian Federation, identified objects of cultural heritage, natural complexes, objects taken under state protection, or cultural values)," she noted.

A TASS source reported that the detainee was a 37-year-old visitor from Voronezh. “Detained for damaging a painting in the Tretyakov Gallery, a 37-year-old man explained to the police that he damaged the painting due to the unreliability of those depicted on the canvas historical facts", said the agency's interlocutor. He added that the incident occurred around 21:00 on Friday. According to him, the man was in Moscow without registration.

This is not the first time there have been attempts to damage this painting. According to open sources data, on January 16, 1913, twenty-nine-year-old icon painter and Old Believer Abram Balashov struck the canvas three times with a knife. After this, Repin had to recreate the faces of the Tsar and Tsarevich depicted on it. Having learned about the damage to the painting, the curator of the Tretyakov Gallery, Yegor Khruslov, committed suicide.

Shocking incident at the Tretyakov Gallery: the gallery almost lost famous masterpiece. Repin's painting, popularly known as “Ivan the Terrible Kills His Son,” was attempted to be destroyed by one of the visitors. This happened in the evening, before closing. The canvas is now being saved by restorers, and the police are trying to understand what was in the mind of the attacker. The power of art, apparently, has nothing to do with it - the detainee himself blames vodka for everything.

Ilya Repin’s painting “Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan” was on the wall, and the attacker hit the painting with a fence post. Now the pictures have been removed from the exhibition; it is in a restoration workshop. The hall is closed to visitors.

The attack took place in the evening, just before the Tretyakov Gallery closed. Glass that maintained the necessary climate to preserve the masterpiece, but did not protect against impacts.

The vandal was detained by the capital's police. The man is 37 years old, he came from Voronezh. At first information appeared that he tried to destroy the canvas because of the historical untruth of the image, allegedly he did not agree with the plot where Ivan the Terrible inflicts death blow son. It was fiction Repina. But it turned out that alcohol was to blame for everything. The explanations of the riotous guest of the capital are also a masterpiece.

“I went, I came to look at her. I came in at eight in the evening and was about to go to the buffet. I drank 100 grams of vodka. I don’t drink vodka, so something hit me,” said the detainee.

“Are you aware of your action?” the law enforcement officers asked.

“Yes,” he replied.

And for this act the man faces three years in prison. A criminal case has been opened under the article “Destruction or damage to cultural heritage objects.” The detainee was taken to the Zamoskvoretsky court in Moscow, where a preventive measure must be chosen for him. And in the Tretyakov Gallery they are deciding how they will save one of the most famous masterpieces Russia. The general director of the gallery, Zelfira Tregulova, was on a business trip abroad at the time of the incident and is urgently returning to Moscow. She receives all information remotely.

“The painting was seriously damaged. The canvas is torn in three places in the central part of the work on the figure of the prince. The original art frame was severely damaged by falling glass. By a lucky coincidence, the most valuable things - the images of the faces and hands of the Tsar and Tsarevich - were not damaged. Restorers of the Tretyakov Gallery immediately begin studying the consequences of the blows and developing a consistent program for restoring the work. Among the priority actions is holding an expanded restoration council with the invitation of leading experts from the country,” the gallery’s press service said in a statement.

In addition to holes, experts also count cuts from broken glass. It is unclear how long the recovery will take. Sometimes such work takes several years.

“Restorers simply connect the canvas joint to joint and then, and then, using technology, they add soil and a picturesque restoration occurs. That is, almost invisible tints are applied that practically do not differ from the original ones,” said restorer Igor Borodin.

More than a hundred years ago, faces were actually recreated from scratch in the same painting. Old Believer Abram Balashov cut the canvas. One of the gallery keepers could not bear such a blow and committed suicide. Repin himself said that his painting is terrifying and inexplicably affects the psyche. The master had to stop working on the masterpiece - he turned away and hid the canvas.

Such attacks, unfortunately, happen quite often. In 1985, in the Hermitage, a mentally unstable man was doused with sulfuric acid and cut with a knife. famous painting Rembrandt "Danae". Restorers worked for 12 years to restore the masterpiece. And, of course, she didn’t endure any kind of attacks famous painting Leonardo da Vinci "La Gioconda". At the Louvre they threw stones at her and tried to throw paint on her. Whether the attacker of Repin's painting was sane remains to be established.

The Tretyakov Gallery almost lost one of its masterpieces. Repin's painting, popularly known as “Ivan the Terrible Kills His Son,” will have to be restored. A visitor tried to destroy it; during interrogation, he said that he drank vodka and was outraged by the canvas. This attempt is not the first.

The attack took place in the evening, just before the Tretyakov Gallery closed. Glass that maintained the necessary climate to preserve the masterpiece, but did not protect against impacts.

The vandal was detained by the capital's police. The man is 37 years old, he came from Voronezh. At first, information appeared that he tried to destroy the painting because of the historical untruth of the image, allegedly he did not agree with the plot where Ivan the Terrible deals a fatal blow to his son. But it turned out that alcohol was to blame for everything. The explanations of the riotous guest of the capital are also a masterpiece.

“I went, I came to look at her. I came in at eight in the evening and was about to go to the buffet. I drank 100 grams of vodka. I don’t drink vodka, so something hit me,” said the detainee.

“Are you aware of your action?” the law enforcement officers asked.

“Yes,” he replied.

And for this act the man faces three years in prison. A criminal case has been opened under the article “Destruction or damage to cultural heritage objects.” The detainee was taken to the Zamoskvoretsky court in Moscow, where a preventive measure must be chosen for him. And the Tretyakov Gallery is deciding how they will save one of the most famous masterpieces in Russia. The general director of the gallery, Zelfira Tregulova, was on a business trip abroad at the time of the incident and is urgently returning to Moscow. She receives all information remotely

According to preliminary estimates, the damage from the vandal's actions was estimated at half a million rubles. It is unclear how long the recovery will take. Sometimes such work takes several years.

“Restorers simply connect the canvas joint to joint and then, and then, using technology, they add soil and a picturesque restoration occurs. That is, they apply almost invisible tints that practically do not differ from the original ones,” said restorer Igor Borodin.

More than a hundred years ago, faces were actually recreated from scratch in the same painting. Then Repin himself did it, after the 29-year-old icon painter and Old Believer Abram Balashov cut the canvas. One of the gallery keepers could not bear the blow and committed suicide. Repin himself said that his painting is terrifying and inexplicably affects the psyche. The master had to stop working on the painting - he turned away and hid the canvas. Psychologists explain this seemingly mystical series of shocks with the so-called Stendhal syndrome, when art so greatly outrages, amazes and, in literally, drives you crazy.

“This occurs when people find themselves near some very strong works art. Hallucinations or changes in consciousness may occur, and sometimes people destroy these objects,” noted psychologist Alexander Tkhostov.

Attacks on especially expressive masterpieces, unfortunately, happen quite often. One of the most known cases, when in 1985 in the Hermitage a mentally unstable man doused Rembrandt’s famous painting “Danae” with sulfuric acid and cut it with a knife. Restorers worked for 12 years to preserve the masterpiece. A hole from a punch was left in the painting French painter Claude Monet is the work of a young vandal who snuck into the gallery at night.

And, of course, Leonardo da Vinci’s “La Gioconda” did not endure any kind of attacks. At the Louvre they threw stones at her and tried to throw paint on her. Some hatched a plan of attack for a long time, while others came up with it suddenly. Before or after the buffet, the man was outraged by the image, and whether he was sane has yet to be determined by law enforcement officers. Tomorrow the 30th hall of the Tretyakov Gallery will be open, but so far without a masterpiece.