Průzkumy památek, 2024 (vol. 31), issue 1

Průzkumy památek a průzkumníci v digitální době

Roman Lavička

Průzkumy památek 2024, 31(1)  

Gothic Parts of the Monastic Church of St Adalbert in Broumov

Jiří Slavík, † Petr Sommer

Průzkumy památek 2024, 31(1)  

The article deals with the building form of the medieval monastic church of the Benedictine Provostry in Broumov resulting from the reconstruction of the monastery castle during the 14th century. The church was built in the southern part of the compound in the third quarter of the 14th century. The Baroque reconstruction defines its current look; the perimeter walls up to the window ledges and the western tower with a Late Gothic room on today’s first floor have remained from the medieval structure. For this space, the authors consider its original use for residential purposes. Later, it was adapted into a vault or archives. A large portal on...

Late Gothic Altarpiece from Chudenice in the Vicissitudes of Time

Ondřej Šindlář

Průzkumy památek 2024, 31(1)  

The article follows the fate of the Late Gothic altarpiece in the Church of St John the Baptist in Chudenice from the time of its origin in the early 16th century to the present. For several centuries, this medieval artwork served as a medium for family presentation and memory and during the 19th and 20th centuries, it underwent multiple adaptations and restoration interventions. The altarpiece is viewed as a model example of the functioning, use, and perception of one work over a long period of time. This is made possible because of the unusual wealth of archival materials related to the altarpiece as well as the church and its furnishings. The altarpiece...

New Findings on the Life and Work of the Baroque Sculptor Jindřich Weber

Terezie Bednářová, Pavel Zahradník

Průzkumy památek 2024, 31(1)  

The presented text concerns the sculptor Jindřich Weber whose professional life was not only tied to West Bohemia but also South Bohemia, particularly from the late 1740 s to the early 1760 s. The review of the literary and source records enabled, in some respects, to add to the current state of knowledge about this artist. In addition to more precise information, the new findings about Weber’s stay in the northern Písek Region – Kovářov and its vicinity – are particularly precious. Thanks to the newly discovered archival materials, it is possible to redate the length of Weber’s stay in this locality (from the summer of 1755...

Forward Fortification of Cornštejn Castle

Jan Kypta, Jiří Marounek

Průzkumy památek 2024, 31(1)  

The article is devoted to the forward fortification of Cornštejn Castle (Znojmo Region) which is situated along the Moravian‑Austrian border. The fortification blocks an elevated position above the access road, from which the castle could have been seriously threatened during a siege. Its perimeter fortification consists of a series of linear embankments and a frontal ditch. On the highest place of the enclosed area is the ruin of a stone prismatic tower. Thanks to an exact analysis of several wooden elements, the construction of the tower was dated to 1478.

New Findings on the Renaissance Portrait Painting from the Pernštejn Castle Furnishings

Zdeněk Vácha

Průzkumy památek 2024, 31(1)  

The subject of the article is the presentation of new findings on the Renaissance group portrait painting which is today part of the Pernštejn Castle furnishings. The panel painting is dated 1548. The composition is dominated by a large family portrait (twenty‑three persons) gathered outdoors around a table. The painting’s provenance has now been safely determined based on the identification of the persons and the town in the background. The overall landscape scenery and architectural dominants suggest Steyr in Upper Austria. The conclusion that the painting depicts Colman Dorninger († 1552), the burgher of Steyr and his family, is...

Research of the Ceiling Paintings by Carpoforo Tencalla in the Archiepiscopal Palace in Olomouc

Jana Zapletalová, Filip Menzel

Průzkumy památek 2024, 31(1)  

The ceiling paintings in five stucco fields in the cabinet on the second floor of the Archiepiscopal Palace in Olomouc are regarded as the only work by the imperial painter Carpoforo Tencalla which remains in this building. The paintings date probably from 1674 and the famous painter created them as a commission from Karl of Liechtenstein‑Castelcorno, Bishop of Olomouc. The recently conducted non‑invasive technological survey of the ceiling paintings, which lay in a detailed visual inspection of the paintings in the falling diffused light, strong lateral illumination, and ultraviolet‑induced visible fluorescence, yielded valuable...

Notes on the Work of the Baroque Painter Johann Christoph Handke
The Holy Family Painting Research and Rehabilitation

Luboš Machačko, Michal Vopálenský, Leoš Mlčák

Průzkumy památek 2024, 31(1)  

The article presents the results of detailed restoration research of the Holy Family painting which has so far only hypothetically been attributed to the Baroque painter Johann Christoph Handke (1694–1774), active in Olomouc. During the restoration, overpainting was removed, revealing the figure of St Joseph. An authentic date 1753 was discovered on the reverse of the canvas. The analysis of style safely ranks the rehabilitated painting among Handke’s works.

Zdeněk Dragoun – Michal Tryml, Románský kostel v Dolních Chabrech a jeho předchůdci

Rudolf Procházka

Průzkumy památek 2024, 31(1)

Pavel Vlček – Pavel Zahradník a kolektiv, Encyklopedie architektů, stavitelů, zedníků a kameníků v Čechách

Martin Šanda

Průzkumy památek 2024, 31(1)