Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Late Gothic town house, built into its present form in 1489 by Master Brikcí of Wrocław (Briccius Gauske) for Prokop Kroupa, a leading Kutná Hora patrician and mining entrepreneur. Brikcí created unique deep reliefs and intricately carved ornamentation.Just above the main cornice are reliefs of knights at a tournament, along with the coats of arms of the town and the miners' guild. Higher up, above the windows, are the coats of arms of the Czech lands, and at the apex of the gable is a relief of the Madonna and Child enthroned, flanked by Adam and Eve with the Tree of Knowledge in the top.
Around the bay window, on corbels beneath canopies, stand statues of St Wenceslas, Guta, John the Baptist, St Prokop and Ladislaus.

Panna Maria s dítětem, Adam a Eva St. Mary with Child with Adam and Eve
Rytíři na turnaji / Knights at a tournament

Svatý Václav / Saint Wenceslas (c. 907 - 935), duke of Bohemia, raised as Christian by his grandmother, Saint Ludmila. He was murdered in 935 on his way to church. Patron saint of the Czech people and the Czech Republic (Wikipedia).

Guta possibly Blessed Jutta of Kulmsee Wikipedia).

Svatý Jan Křtitel / Saint John the Baptist (c. 6 BC- c. 36 AD), itinerant preacher and a major religious figure who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River. He baptized Jesus at "Bethany beyond the Jordan." (Wikipedia).

Svatý Prokop / Saint Procopius St Procopius of Sázava (died March 25, 1053), Czech saint, founding abbot of Sázava near Prague (Wikipedia).

Ladislav possibly Vladslav I / Vladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia Wikipedia).

Two miners

Artist

• Unknown medieval artist.

Sources & Information

• Wikipedia, Kamenný dům v Kutné Hoře.
• Ferdinand Břetislav Mikovec. Starožitnosti a Památky země České. Praha: Kober a Markgraf, [1860]. Chapter: Kamenný dům v Kutné Hoře, p. 169-174 (Online Kramerius).

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Location (N 49°56'59" - E 15°15'54") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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