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What’s the context of the original picture? That guy seems like he isn’t having a great time.
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“Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan”
“It depicts the grief-stricken Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible cradling his dying son, the Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich, shortly after the elder Ivan had dealt a fatal blow to his son’s head in a fit of anger. The painting portrays the anguish and remorse on the face of the elder Ivan and the gentleness of the dying Tsarevich, forgiving his father with his tears.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_the_Terrible_and_His_Son_Ivan
It’s one of my favorite paintings
