Naprstkova ulice by Vaclav Jansa - Prague, Czech Republic
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N 50° 05.068 E 014° 24.886
33U E 458131 N 5548187
Naprstkova ulice by Vaclav Jansa - western part of the street
Waymark Code: WMTQNQ
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/31/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member fi67
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Naprstkova street connects the Smetana Embankment and Bethlehem Square in Old Town of Prague. The Old Town of Prague (visit link) [CZ: Staré Mesto pražské) is a medieval settlement of Prague. It was separated from the outside by a semi-circular moat and wall, connected to the Vltava river at both of its ends.
Náprstkova street formed in the 90s of the 19th century new buildings, but also houses and larger settlements from the older times.

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.

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Náprstkovu ulici tvorily v 90. letech 19. století novostavby, ale i domy a rozsáhlejší sídla ze starších dob. Vlevo nároží paláce Pachtu z Rájová, dále úzká Stríbrná ulice. Následuje objekt c.p. 213/1, tzv. Rožmberský dum, barokní stavba s barokní bránou z dílny architekta Kryštofa Dientzenhofera z doby kolem roku 1716, postavená pro potreby bývalého kláštera dominikánek u sv. Anny. Na fasáde i ve vnitrní dispozici jsou patrné klasicistní úpravy. Predchudcem objektu byl dvorec pánu z Rožmberka, doložený ve 14. století. Za areálem patrná stavba c.p. 214/1 U Slámu - stredoveký dum, který byl prestaven v renesanci, barokne upraven a znovu prestaven v roce 1828 Janem Zikou. Vzadu na této strane ulice práve vyrustající novostavby na místech snad již stredovekých predchudcu, c.p. 215/1 Kordonovský dum a c.p. 216/1. Za ulicí Liliovou pak objekt c.p. 251/1 s restaurací U Kaple v parteru, postavený na míste puvodne stredovekého domu, kde bývala v roce 1848 Zpevní škola Žofínské akademie. Vpravo na obraze puvodne stredoveké domy c.p. 272/1-271/1 po pozdejších prestavbách.
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Artist: Václav Jansa

Date of Painting: 01/01/1896

Date of Your Photograph: 12/30/2016

Medium of Painting: watercolour

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