Wenceslas Square by Václav Jansa - Prague, Czech Republic
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Wenceslas Square, view from the ramp of the National Museum
Waymark Code: WM108HN
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 03/21/2019
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The picture shows view over Wenceslas Square from the ramp of the National Museum
Wenceslas Square (
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The National Museum (
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At present, the National Museum houses almost 14 million items from the areas of natural history, history, arts, music and librarianship, which are located in dozens of buildings.
The author of this painting is Václav Jansa. You can find this painting in book 'Starou Prahou Václava Jansy' .
Vaclav Jansa (October 22, 1859 Slatinice - June 29, 1913 Cernošice) (
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Jansa was apprenticed to buyers, but later he devoted himself to his hobby of drawing and painting. Vaclav Jansa traveled a lot and took to painting landscapes. He painted mostly southern Bohemia and Giant Mountains. Since 1893 was redeveloped historic districts of Prague, Prague ghetto and parts of the Old and New Town. In this time Jansa painted cca 150 colored watercolors documenting disappearing part of the city.