The house 'U Zlatého jednorožce' by Karel Stolar - Prague, Czech Republic
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The house 'At the Golden Unicorn [CZ: U Zlatého jednorožce]' by Karel Stolar
Waymark Code: WMTZTN
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/29/2017
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Originally a Romanesque house (in the basement there is a hall vaulted into a central square-dressed pillar) was converted in 1496 by Matej Rejsek into a monumental tower-like early Gothic palace (part of the main portal decorated with lillies and the outstanding carriageway with netting rib vaulting were preserved); other, peak Baroque, reconstructions followed in 1712-17 and 1731 (F. M. Kanka). In 1781 the owner of a bookstore W. Ch. Gerle opened the first public reading room of magazines and book library in Prague, in 1838-39 K. Havlícek Borovský used to live there and in 1848 B. Smetana opened his first music school there (memorial tablet).
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 II.'
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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Puvodní románský dum (v suterénu zachována sín zaklenutá do stredového hranolového pilíre) byl roku 1496 prestaven Matejem Rejskem na monumentální vežovitý rane gotický palác (zachovala se cást hlavního portálu zdobeného liliemi a zejména mimorádne pozoruhodný prujezd se sítovou žebrovou klenbou); další, vrcholne barokní, prestavby následovaly v letech 1712–17 a 1731 (F. M. Kanka). V roce 1781 zde knihkupec W. Ch. Gerle otevrel první verejnou cítárnu casopisu a pujcovnu knih v Praze, 1838–39 v dome bydlel K. Havlícek Borovský, 1848 zde B. Smetana zrídil svou první hudební školu (pametní deska).
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Artist: Karel Stolař
Date of Your Photograph: 01/13/2017
Medium of Painting: pen and ink
Date of Painting: Not listed
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