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EXHIBITIONS
ST. VITUS CATHEDRAL, TRANSEPT
Cathedral from All Sides - Stonemarks
Result of the international project Stonemarks (supported by the EU)
that aimed to collect the stonemarks to an international database.
Admission free with the visit to the cathedral.
OLD ROYAL PALACE, THE THERESIAN WING
The Beauty of the Military Service -
The Best of the Military Archive's Collections, until Jun 24
The exhibition presents interesting artifacts ranging from archaeology to
hunting and military weapons, orders and decorations and personal
belongings of noblemen. There are also oriental weapons, shooting targets
and weapons from the Wild West. In cooperation with the Military
Archive in Prague.
IMPERIAL STABLES
From the St. Vitus Treasure: Bohuslav Hasištejnský, a Poet
and Politician from the Jagellon Period, until Jul 1
The exhibition presents an image of the period at the turn of the 15th and
16th century, through the life story of an outstanding Czech poet and
intellectual, Bohuslav Hasištejnský. In addition to top goldsmith works
from the St. Vitus Treasury, paintings and sculptures will also be exhibited
that represent the spiritual atmosphere, life style and relationship to
death in that period. Among the superior works presented, are included
paintings by Lorenza Costa, Joos van Cleve and Hans Schäufelein, etchings
by Albrecht Dürer, sculpture busts of Ladislav and Magdalena of
Boskovice, an illuminated grail from the Loucký Monastery in Znojmo
and the manuscript of the Alberti's essay on architecture. Bohuslav's
remarkable library, one of the biggest private European libraries of the
time, will also be presented through examples.
PRAGUE CASTLE PICTURE GALLERY
Fallacy: Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627-1678), from Mar 13-Jun 10
Another part of the 'Picture Gallery under a Magnifying Glass' cycle, i. e.
the story of another art work from the Prague Castle Collections. This
exhibition presents a phenomenon of the 17th century, the trompe d'oeil
retirements, through two of Hoogstraten's paintings.
MUSIC
P. Wagner and Ensemble Tourbillon: De miseria humana
Homage to Bohuslav Hasištejnský of Lobkovice
on Mar 17 at 5 pm in the New Gallery
Tomasz Stanko (as part of the Jazz at the Castle cycle)
on Mar 26 at 8 pm in the Spanish Hall
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