Ivan the Terrible in the cell of St. Nicholas the Fool, in Pskov, Ivan Pelevin, 1877

Nikolai salos was a holy fool from pskov. In 1570, during ivan iv's campaign against pskov, he met the tsar at the city gates, accusing him of bloodthirstiness and threatening him with retribution, after which the tsar withdrew from pskov. Object Type: painting. Date: 1877. Dimensions: height: 141 cm (55.5 in); width: 212.5 cm (83.6 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Художественная Галерея Фонда поколений ХМАО Югры. Пелевин И.А. Иоанн Грозный в келье Николы Юродивого, во Пскове