Staletá Praha 32, 1/2016, 2-23 | DOI: 10.56112/sp.2016.1.01

Discovered Gothic wall paintings on the façade of the side wing of the house No. 510 in the Old Town of Prague
Die entdeckten gotischen Wandmalereien am Seitenflügel des Hauses Nr.Konsc. 510 in der Prager Altstadt

Ladislav Bartoš

NPÚ, ÚOP v Praze

This article concerns the discovery of Gothic wall paintings on the yard façade of the house No. 510 in Havelská Street in Prague. Beneath the seemingly trivial façade of the side yard wing with balconies, there are hidden remains of painted Renaissance façade and a paneled brick façade from the 14th century below, with unexpectedly fine and surprisingly well preserved paintings from the time of John of Luxembourg or Charles IV. The revealed part of the paintings contains a frontal depiction of a bishop, probably of St. Adalbert in two fields of the façade, and an alliance Bohemian-Luxembourg coat of arms. An attempt to date the paintings is included in the article along with their classification in to the context of contemporary Central European art based on curent state of knowledge of the monument. Apart from the iconographic, stylistic and heraldic points of view attention is paid mainly to the (seemingly?) unusual location of the painting on the exterior of a town building.

Keywords: Prague - Old Town - Havel's Town - Middle Ages - Gothic - brick Gothic - town house - wall painting - linear style - depicting style - cycle - heraldry - coat of arms - hallow - saint bishop - St. Adalbert - House of Luxembourg - 14th century

Grants and funding:

Tato práce vznikla v rámci plnění výzkumného cíle Národního památkového ústavu Výzkum nemovitých památek v ČR. Aplikace nových metodik průzkumu a dokumentace - ohrožené druhy památek a jejich vybrané exempláře, financovaného z institucionální podpory Ministerstva kultury na dlouhodobý koncepční rozvoj výzkumné organizace.

Published: June 15, 2016