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Hlavní mĕsto Smetanovo nábřeží 205, Staré Město |
Josef Václav Myslbek se svou matkou a přáteliJosef Václav Myslbek with his mother and friendsPraha 1848 - Praha 1922Czech sculptor (Wikipedia) |
Josef Václav Myslbek
1901 (1948) |
Commemorative plaque a bust with below it on the edge of the console relief portraits of his mother and friends; there are several casts of this sculpture, which was made by Myslbek himself ca. 1901. For the plaque the sculpture was arranged on granite by L. Kofránek in 1948.
 Front: Josef Hlávka (Přeštice 1831 - Praha 1908), architect, contractor/builder, patron of the arts (Wikipedia). Zdenka Hlávková-Havelková (Nymburk 1843 - Praha 1902), singer, pianist; second wife of Josef Hlávka (Biography). Antonie Myslbeková-Adamcová (1817 - Praha 1900), Myslbek's mother. |
 Left: Josef Thomayer (Trhanov 1853 - Praha 1927), internal medicine specialist, professor, writer (Wikipedia). Julius Zeyer (Praha 1841 - Praha 1901), prose writer, poet, playwright (Wikipedia). |
 Right: Jaroslav Vrchlický (Louny 1853 - Domažlice 1912), writer, poet, playwright and translator. (Wikipedia). Josef Stupecký (Praha 1848 - Chlum u Hartmanic 1907), lawyer, professor of law, rector of Charles University (Wikipedia). |
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zde žil a zemřel sochař J.V. MYSLBEK * 20.vi.1848 + 2.vi.1922 věnovala česká akademie věd a umění |
Here lived and died the sculptor J.V. Myslbek 20 June 1848 – 2 June 1922. Dedicated by the Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts |
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