One of Russia’s most famous paintings, ‘Ivan the Terrible and His Son’ by Ilya Repin, depicting Ivan the Terrible, grief-stricken and cradling his dying son, was damaged in the Tretyakov Arts Gallery on May 25. A malefactor smashed the glass protecting Ilya Repin’s canvas with a metal pole, which supported a rope fencing around the picture. The gallery said the painting was badly damaged. The canvas was ripped in three places in the central section, while shards of glass that shattered in the attack damaged the frame as well. TASS recalls other works of art damaged by vandals.