The house 'U Zlateho hada' by Karel Stolar - Prague, Czech Republic
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The house 'U Zlateho hada' by Karel Stolar
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Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/01/2017
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The corner house U Zlatého Hada (At the Golden Snake) originated when two medieval plots of land were joined together in 1419. According to documented historical records it used to be a notorious taproom. The building received the house sign of a golden snake in the 18th century, when it housed a pharmacy. In a decorative cartouche there is a relief of a coiled golden snake with a royal crown on its head. The snake symbolised the devil, who deceived Adam’s wife Eve, but according to legend it also acted as a guide to Saint George and was a Gothic symbol of pharmacy. The current Baroque facade from the 18th century conceals the Renaissance core of the building.
The only remains of the previous two separate houses are the cellars with Gothic barrel vaults. The house was originally owned by goldsmiths. It is said that in 1714 the Armenian trader Deodatus Dajamanus sold coffee outside the building to passers-by; it was the first time that this exotic novelty was served in Prague. The coffeehouse tradition was maintained in the house for a long time; it served as a meeting point for members of the Prague bohemian artist group Hollar, bibliophile and writer Arthur Novák, painter Otakar Nejedlý and his students from the Academy of Fine Arts, the occasional painter Jan Slavícek, graphic artist Viktor Stretti and more. The tradition of a quality restaurant with a café is still maintained to this day.
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 V.'
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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Puvodne gotický dum, prestavený renesancne a upravený barokne i klasicistne. Domovní znamení (zlatý had) je z pocátku 19. století. V 70. letech 20. století byl objekt rekonstruován. Pred domem prý jeho majitel, arabský ci arménský obchodník Deodatus Dajamanus prodával poprvé v Praze kávu, tehdejší exotickou novinku; chodil v orientálním odevu, na hlave nosil nádobu s reravým uhlím a konvici, v ruce koflíky a cukr a nápoj prímo na ulici prodával kolemjdoucím. Mel úspech, a tak roku 1914 v dome U trí pštrosu na Malé Strane mohl otevrít kavárnu, snad vubec první v Praze.
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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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