Dum 'U Halánku' by Jan Minarík - Prague, Czech Republic
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Dum 'U Halánku' // The house 'U Halánku'
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Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/28/2016
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The house 'U Halánku' is located at the Bethlehem Square. The square is called after the Bethlehem Chapel (
visit link) , which is a memorable place of Czech history.
Historical house U Halánku no. 269 turns with its front into the square. It has indisputable architectonic and urbanistic quality and it went down in the history indelibly in the period when it had been owned by the Náprstek family. Whether it was owned by Anna Náprstková, notable for her beneficence or great Czech patriot Vojtech Náprstek (1826-1894). During his life the house U Halánku became a centre of Czech intelligentsia. He established the Czech industrial museum in the house, which was however more and more filled with ethnographic subjects. Thus the foundation stone for a new museum building was laid in the area behind the house U Halánku on the day of Náprstek’s fiftieth birthday, on 17th April 1876. Construction of the three-storied museum building, which has born his name nowadays, was realized during 1885-1890.
The author of this painting is Jan Minarík. You can find this painting in book 'Starou Prahou Jana Minaríka' (
visit link) .
Jan Bedrich Minarík (December 15, 1862, Prague-Vyšehad - May 26, 1937) (
visit link) , was a Czech painter and graphic artist, pupil J. Marák at the Prague Academy. He became famous as a painter of motifs disappearing part of Prague. His work falls within the years 1907-1911. His paintings captured Josefov district and some parts of the Old Town and New Town. Also captured a number of motifs vanishing areas or individual houses. He also painted on Vysehrad, Mala Strana, Prague Castle and Prague Castle.
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Dum c.p. 269/I „U Halánku", „Hatapatovský", „U Kocínu", „U Cervených zvonu". Meštanské sídlo a pivovar zde vznikly v 16. století na míste peti stredovekých domu. Do dnešní rane klasicistní podoby byl dum prestaven na konci 18. století. Objekt puvodního meštanského sídla a pivovaru byl v 19. století majetkem Vojty a Josefy Náprstkových, kterí zde v roce 1862 založili Ceské prumyslové muzeum. Za puvodním domem se zvedá strecha a cást budovy c.p. 170, postavené roku 1886 podle plánu Antonína Bauma a Friedricha Munzbergera a rozšírené v roce 1899 Osvaldem Polívkou. V popredí vlevo cást domu. c.p. 259 „U Bílého cápa", puvodne gotického, dnes v pozdne klasicistní prestavbe. Pokracuje ulice Konviktská. v popredí ješte s puvodní stredovekou zástavbou, v pozadí nove vznikající zástavba domy z konce 19. století. Vpravo ulice Betlémská též s historickou zástavbou, puvodem stredovekou, domem c.p. 2141 U Slámu v podobe z roku 1828.