How it was 06.02.1999 (1999)

A guest in the studio-a former security officer of the Hermitage Ivan Zhosan talks about the circumstances of the attempt on the painting, about the difficulties of protecting the hall, about his actions in the detention of a resident of Kaunas Bronius Maigis, who damaged the painting, the neutralization of an explosive device, about the actions of the Hermitage staff to save the painting in the first moment after the incident, about the encouragement from the management for actions to detain the criminal, about his housing problem.

Guest in the studio-director of the All-Union Institute of Restoration Ivan Gorin talks about the composition of the commission formed after the attempt on the "Danae", the nature and details of the damage to the painting, the measures taken to save the painting and the initial conclusions of the commission, the opinions of the members of the commission on the further fate of the damaged painting, the methods used in the process of restoration and restoration of the "Danae", the progress of the restoration of the painting and the features of Rembrandt's painting technique, the difficulties encountered during the restoration, the value of the" Danae " after the restoration, the prospects of the restoration process.

Video chronicle: damage to the canvas of the picture.

Photo of the damaged painting.

Restorers at work.

Photos of the restoration process of "Danae".

The guest in the studio-the deputy head of the investigative department of the police Department of the Lengoroblispolkomov police lieutenant colonel Rita Kravets talks about the identity of the criminal B. Maigis, gives facts from his biography, the reasons for which he went to the crime, the lack of political background to the crime, the mental illness of Maigis, the reasons for the detention of Maigis in the KGB detention center, the reasons why Maigis did not blow up the picture, the preparation of the crime by Maigis, sets out his version of the attempt on "Danae".

A guest in the studio-a former judge of the People's court of the Dzerzhinsk district of Leningrad, Gennady Stulikov, talks about the obvious guilt of Maigis in committing a crime, about the witnesses who spoke at the trial, about the articles of the Criminal Code under which Maigis was charged, about the diagnosis made to Maigis during the forensic psychiatric examination, about the punishment that threatened Maigis if he was found sane, about the court ruling issued against Maigis and his referral to a psychiatric hospital.

Video news: the opening ceremony of the exhibition dedicated to the restored painting "Danae".

Visitors in the Rembrandt Hall.

Restored "Danae" in the Hermitage hall under armored and bulletproof glass.