Klimentska ulice by Vaclav Jansa - Prague, Czech Republic
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Klimentska ulice by Vaclav Jansa
Waymark Code: WMV2F5
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 02/12/2017
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Klimentská street named after the ancient church of St.Clement [CZ: sv. Kliment].
An enigmatic church of St.Clement is one of the oldest churches in Prague. Its history dates back to the 11th century, in the 13th century it belonged to Dominican order, who founded also the adjacent monastery. In the 14th century the church was rebuilt more or less into today´s Gothic form. The presbytery features preserved original Gothic frescoes. The church had a turbulent history during which it burned, served as a granary, until finally in the 19th century the Evangelical Church of Helvetian religion received the shrine and the church began to serve its spiritual purpose again. Today the church belongs to the Evangelical Church and is protected as a cultural monument of Czech Republic.
The author of this painting is Václav Jansa. You can find this painting in book 'Starou Prahou Václava Jansy' (
visit link) .
Vaclav Jansa (October 22, 1859 Slatinice - June 29, 1913 Cernošice) (
visit link) Czech landscape artist and illustrator, best known for these views, originally painted in water-colour.
Jansa was apprenticed to buyers, but later he devoted himself to his hobby of drawing and painting. Vaclav Jansa traveled a lot and took to painting landscapes. He painted mostly southern Bohemia and Giant Mountains. Since 1893 was redeveloped historic districts of Prague, Prague ghetto and parts of the Old and New Town. In this time Jansa painted cca 150 colored watercolors documenting disappearing part of the city.