V Ursulinske ulici by Vaclav Jansa - Prague, Czech Republic - Paintings Then and Now on Waymarking.com

Usulinska Street [CZ: Ursulinska ulice] was named after The church of St. Voršila. This street is on the east side this church.

The church of St. Voršila in the New Town of Prague is the temple church of the Ursulinkas. The Baroque hall dates back from between 1699 and 1704, it was built following the project of an architect named Marco Antonio Canevalle. The richly decorated side facade seen from today's.

Národní Street is dominated by the sculptures of František Preiss. The interior dates back to the middle of the 18th century. In front, there is a group sculpture by František Platzer from 1747 with architectural modifications by Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer.


The author of this painting is Václav Jansa. You can find this painting in book 'Starou Prahou Václava Jansy'.

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.

Website of painting. Exact URL of painting is required: [Web Link] Artist: Václav Jansa Date of Painting: 01/01/1895 Date of Your Photograph: 12/23/2016 Medium of Painting: watercolour

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