Masterpieces from the Czech Republic

The suppressing of the subject component in favour of a refined system of colour tones of plans of a flat rhythm places the work with trends corresponding to the original artistic formulation of poetism, known as artificialism. It draws on constructivism …

This iconic painting by Joža Uprka, an original artist who captured the life of people in the villages of Moravian Slovakia, anticipated the arrival of the folkloristic movement in Czech art around 1900.

St Sebastian is a painting of crucial importance in the work of Bohumil Kubišta (1884–1918), a prominent artist of the pre-World War I Czech avant-garde. Unlike traditional renderings of the theme of suffering of St Sebastian, a Christian martyr and saint…

Two double-sided painted altar wings of an originally late Gothic retable made probably in any craft room in Prague in the beginning of the last quarter of the 15th century presumable for the utraquist church of St. Wenzeslaus in Roudníky near Ústí nad La…

Reliquary of St. Maurus belongs to a group of box reliquaries. Inside are a skeletal remains of St. John the Baptist, St. Maurus And St. Timothy. Decoration reliquary consists a set of twelve reliefs, fourteen statues of gilded silver, precious stones, se…

Václav Hollar, famous baroque engraver and draftsman of czech origin became famous by drawing and graphical views on cities and landscapes of Bohemia, Moravia, Germany, Switzerland and England. During his activity in the service of Thomas Howard Earl of A…

The panel, painted on both sides, was formerly a part of a large winged altarpiece, of which three paintings have survived on the folding wings. Groupings of three male and female saints with their characteristic attributes are featured against a gilded b…

Portrait of the gem-cutter Dionysius Misseroni (probably 1605/1607-1661) and his family – his wife, four sons and two daughters. The family is gathered around the table on which there are scattered jewels, gemstones and other precious products. In the bac…

Painting on wood showes a half-figure of the Apostle Jude Thaddeus. The saint is dressed in a blue robe and in hands is holding a red book and sword. The board is partially decorated with metal applications.