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Scientists recreated Ivan the Terrible living portrait

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Scientists recreated Ivan the Terrible living portrait


26.05.2017

Russian Science Academy
Scientists from the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences managed to recreate a living portrait of Ivan the Terrible applying multispectral technologies and computer software programmes, TASS informs.

The Tsar image depicted at the front cover of one of the first printed Russian books titled Apostol in 1564 and stored in the book collection of the Historical Museum was engraved copperplate. The copperplate engraving was made at the upper part on the cover of the XVI century book.
The Apostol edition printed by Ivan Fyodorov and Pyotr Timofeev from Mstislavl was presented to Ivan the Terrible as a sign of gratitude for support of book printing. The truth is the engraved portrait of the Russian Tsar almost disappeared from the front cover in time.

Scientists of XIX century noted some outlines of a vague image describing The Apostol of 1564, however, only the Institute workers managed to visualize the tsar portrait using methods of multispectral (in different ranges of spectrum) recording.

Elena Ukhanova, the leading scientific worker of the museum, supposed that the son of painter Dionisius Feodosy could be an author of the engraved portrait of Iven the Terrible.

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