Questo cavaliere corazzato rinascimentale sembra stare in parte dietro la cornice dipinta di una finestra nella facciata sgraffita della Casa 28 a Kostelní námestí o Piazza della Chiesa a Prachatice, Boemia meridionale, Repubblica Ceca, che era riccamente decorata con arte di graffiti quando la proprietà è stata rimodellata a metà del 1500. Con n. 29 accanto, la casa è tradizionalmente legata alla formazione precoce del riformatore religioso e martire Jan Hus (1369-1415).
2000 x 3008 px | 16,9 x 25,5 cm | 6,7 x 10 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
18 luglio 2006
Ubicazione:
Prachatice, South Bohemia, Czechia / Czech Republic.
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Prachatice, South Bohemia, Czechia / Czech Republic: this mournful Renaissance armoured knight seems to stand partly behind the painted surround of a window in the sgraffito facade of House 28 in Kostelní námestí or Church Square, which was richly decorated with sgraffito art when the property was remodelled in the mid-1500s. The house stands between the Lower or Pisek Gate and House 29, named Heydlův dům (Heydl House) after the Heydl family who owned it between 1559 and 1620. According to tradition, the properties are also associated with the Bohemian Christian theologian, revolutionary reformer and martyr Jan Hus (1369-1415), born in the nearby town of Husinec. Before studying at Prague’s Charles University, he is said to have attended an elementary Latin school established here in the original Gothic building that was rebuilt around 1557-59 in Renaissance style. The crenellated façades of 28 and 29 are adorned with biblical, floral and heraldic sgraffito, the ancient artistic technique of scratching or cutting away parts of a surface layer of plaster, stucco or paint to expose a background of a different colour or texture. The other motifs include a naked female figure standing amid thistles as an allegory for truth or virtue, a seated hare chained by the neck, Samson fighting a lion and Heracles battling centaurs. Prachatice, founded in the 13th century, was once a trading town that gained from its location at the end of the Golden Trail trade route from Bavaria. It became one of the richest towns in Bohemia thanks to a right to levy taxes on travelling merchants and a monopoly to store salt, essential in the medieval period for preserving food. The town today retains many ancient and historic buildings, especially around the Great Square. D0126.A1498
