The house of the Lords of Kunstat and Podebrady by Karel Stolar - Prague, Czech Republic - Paintings Then and Now on Waymarking.com

One of the best preserved Romanesque houses in Prague is located in close vicinity to the so called Royal Route. it was built in the period between the 2nd half of the 12th century and the 1st half of the 13th century. The object is not a common burgess houses; it is rather a magnate seat, a palace. Its layout differs from all the Prague’s Romanesque objects, as it is nearer to a manor. It used to be a part of an extensive circumwalled estate with a garden and a tower. The then ground floor (today underground) was preserved in the original state, as well as a part of the 1st floor (today the ground floor). The Old Town’s terrain was elevated by an earth embankment, which was supposed to stop the frequent flooding of the houses. The ground plan of the palace was a regular prolonged rectangle divided lengthwise into three rooms with conched ceilings. The bricks in the preserved parts of the object as well as the vault brackets and pillars are made of regular blocks of arenaceous marl placed in firm arenaceous mortar; the vaults are cast on wooden casing. There are preserved remains of fire places on the first floor, and in one room, there are even narrow windows. The house was also called the Bockovský House, as in 1406 it was owned by Bocek of Kunštát, uncle of Jirí of Podebrady, who had the house rebuilt and elevated by one storey. Jirí of Podebrady took over the palace from him in 1451. He dwelled here all the time he worked as the governor of the Bohemian Kingdom. Besides other diplomatic negotiations, also the wedding of his daughter Catherine with the future king of Hungary Matthias Corvinus was arranged here in 1457. From here, he headed to be elected as Bohemian King in 1458. After the death of Ladislav Posthumous, when he was elected king, he moved to the Royal Court. Later on, the house’s owners kept changing and in 1512 the estate became a burgess property.

The house was rebuilt in Classicist style by architect Kašpar Predák in 1846. The preserved premises were discovered in 1941 during a construction of an air-raid shelter, yet the archaeological research was initiated already before the war, conducted by dr. Píša. In 1950 - 52, a systematic conservation of this house began, as it represents the top of secular early-feudal Prague architecture, and it also concludes its development.

The author of this painting is Karel Stolar. Karel Stolar is the book illustrator who is dedicated to creating drawings sights. You can find this painting in book 'Pražské domy vyprávejí I.'
This book is one of a twelve-part series of books describing structural changes and the development of cultural-historical monuments of Prague (houses, villas and palaces, library, banks, school, museum, hospital, farm, etc.).


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Jeden z nejzachovalejších románských domu v Praze leží v tesné blízkosti tzv. Královské cesty. Vznikl ve 2. polovine 12. století až v prvé polovine století 13. Objekt není bežným meštanským domem, jde o sídlo velmože, palác. Jeho usporádání se liší od všech pražských románských objektu, dispozicne je blíže panským sídlum. Byl soucástí rozlehlého ohrazeného románského dvorce se zahradou a veží. V puvodní podobe zustalo tehdejší prízemí (dnes podzemí) a cástecne 1. patro (dnes prízemí). Terén Starého Mesta byl zvýšen navážkou zeminy, což melo zabránit castému zaplavení domu vodou. Pudorys paláce byl pravidelný protáhlý obdélník, rozdelený podél na tri místnosti se zaklenutými stropy. Zdivo zachovaných cástí objektu i klenební podpery a sloupy jsou z pravidelných opukových kvádríku kladených do pevné opukové malty, klenby jsou lity na drevené bednení. V prvním patre jsou zachovány zbytky krbu a v jedné z místností i úzká okna. Dum, nazývaný také Bockovský, byl v roce 1406 v majetku Bocka z Kunštátu, strýce Jirího z Podebrad, který dal dum prestavet a o patro zvýšit. Jirí z Podebrad po nem palác prevzal v roce 1451. Pobýval v nem po celou dobu, kdy pusobil jako zemský správce Království Ceského. Krome jiných diplomatických jednání zde byl v roce 1457 domluven snatek jeho dcery Kateriny s budoucím králem uherským Matyášem Korvínem. Odtud vyšel v roce 1458 k volbe za krále ceského. Po smrti Ladislava Pohrobka a svém zvolení za krále se prestehoval do Králova dvora. Pozdeji se majitelé menili, roku 1512 se dvorec stal meštanským majetkem.

Dum byl klasicistne prestaven architektem Kašparem Predákem v roce 1846. Dochované prostory byly objeveny v roce 1941 pri budování protileteckého krytu, archeologický pruzkum však byl zahájen již pred válkou pod vedením dr. Píši. V letech 1950–52 se zacalo se systematickou záchranou tohoto domu, který predstavuje vrchol svetské rane feudální pražské architektury, jejíž vývoj soucasne uzavírá.

Website of painting. Exact URL of painting is required: [Web Link] Artist: Karel Stolař Date of Your Photograph: 12/30/2016 Medium of Painting: pen and ink Date of Painting: Not listed

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