Limnigraph by Ivan Svatoš - Prague, Czech Republic - Paintings Then and Now on Waymarking.com

The Limnigraf na Výtoni (Výton water gauge) is a building on Prague's Rašín embankment, near the Vyšehrad railway bridge, opposite the Podskalská customs house. The building houses a limniograph - an instrument used to read and record the level of the Vltava River over time.

This Art Nouveau building is architecturally designed in the form of a romantic gloriette, has a square ground plan and is complemented by a columned bay running in the direction of the embankment. On each of the four walls there is a large circular water level indicator (the so-called water clock) and a clock above it. The building is roofed by a copper dome topped with a crown showing the four cardinal points. Above it is a weather vane in the shape of a dog's head showing the direction of the wind. In the front of the house was a box with a weather station equipped with: an alcohol thermometer, minimum and maximum thermometer, barograph, thermograph, hair hygrometer, Lambrecht's weather telegraph (aneroid and thermohygroscope).



Ivan Svatoš, Czech painter, illustrator, born July 3, 1953, living and working in Prague. His work focuses mainly on vedutas - urban landscapes, especially from his native Prague. The most frequently used technique is oil painting on canvas. His works are represented in many private collections worldwide, especially in Germany, Japan, the USA and Canada. This painting is featured in the book "Mestské krajiny Ivana Svatoše".

Website of painting. Exact URL of painting is required: [Web Link] Artist: Ivan Svatoš Date of Your Photograph: 05/06/2024 Medium of Painting: oil on canvas Date of Painting: Not listed

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