Pohled k Mostecke ulici by Vaclav Jansa - Prague, Czech Republic
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Pohled k Mostecké ulici a Karmelitské ulici menší //
Mostecká Street connects Lesser Town Square and Charles Bridge
Waymark Code: WMTMEB
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/11/2016
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The oldest graphic depiction of Prague is a xylograph in the schedel Chronicle, published in Nuremberg in 1493; some experts assign the work to the young Albrecht Dürer. Filip van den Bossche, Václav Hollar (1607-1677), Vincenc Morstadt (1802-1875), Samuel Prout and others rank among further well-known artists recording the appearance of old Prague.
This painting shows beginning of Mostecká Street at Lesser Town Square toward to Charles Bridge.
The current appearance this site changed after the demolition of houses on the right side. In the background you can see Mostecka Tower. The street connects Lesser Town Square and Charles Bridge which is most probably how it got its name (bridge street) in the middle ages. The street is lively and picturesque with facades of Baroque buildings on both sides as well as many shops. The Mostecká Street was an integral part of the Royal Way, along which Bohemian Kings travelled to the Prague Castle.
Lesser Town of Prague (
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The author of this painting is Václav Jansa. You can find this painting in book 'Starou Prahou Václava Jansy' (
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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.