The Church of St. Ursula by Václav Jansa - Prague, Czech Republic
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The Church of St. Ursula by Václav Jansa
Waymark Code: WM1882Y
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 06/16/2023
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The Church of St. Ursula in Prague's New Town is a significant late Baroque structure. It is a Roman Catholic convent church located at Národní avenue 139/8 in Prague. It is associated with the New Town Convent and the school of the Sisters of St. Voršila. Together with the Voršila Convent, it is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
The project was created by Marcantonio Canevalle in 1699, and the original dated design of the project has been preserved. The foundation stone was laid on April 4, 1699, in the presence of the architect, and the ceremony was repeated after the installation of the new prioress on September 24, 1702, when the construction was almost completed. The church, with three altars and without interior decoration, was consecrated by the Bishop of Prague and the Abbot of Strahov, Vít Seipel, on July 6, 1704. On July 10, 1718, Jan Kamenický consecrated the fully furnished church.
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.