Sternberg Palace by Václav Jansa - Prague, Czech Republic - Paintings Then and Now on Waymarking.com

On the site of today's palace there were two Renaissance houses, based on the outer walls of Gothic houses. The foundations of buildings dating from the 13th to 14th centuries were discovered during the construction of the cellars. On today's facade, a receding part of the palace is visible, which is built on the foundations of the house called "Na bašte". On 2 June 1541, a devastating fire broke out in this house, to which two-thirds of the houses of the Lesser Town, the entire northern part of Prague Castle and the St. Vitus Cathedral were damaged.

The reconstruction of the palace was commissioned by Adolf Vratislav of Šternberk, according to the design of Giovanni Batista Alliprandi. It is now part of the complex of buildings of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. On the façade you can see the traditional image of the Coronation of the Virgin Mary and the Sternberg family coat of arms, decorated with the Order of the Golden Fleece with a crown. The house is of exceptional importance for the history of Czech science and art. The Private Society of Sciences, later renamed the Royal Czech Society of Sciences, was founded here. The Society of Patriotic Friends of Art was founded here and the National Gallery's collections were first housed here.


The author of this painting is Václav Jansa. You can find this painting in book 'Starou Prahou Václava Jansy' (visit link) .

Vaclav Jansa (October 22, 1859 Slatinice - June 29, 1913 Cernošice) (visit link) Czech landscape artist and illustrator, best known for these views, originally painted in water-colour.
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.

Website of painting. Exact URL of painting is required: [Web Link] Artist: Václav Jansa Date of Your Photograph: 06/06/2022 Medium of Painting: watercolour Date of Painting: Not listed

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