Painful devotion

Looking up at the bronze statue of St. John Nepomuk on the Charles Bridge, Prague. His figure, shown from the knees up, holds a crucifix and a gilded palm branch, & wears a gilded halo with 5 stars Plain blue sky beyond. The martyred saint's facial expression is mournful; he was killed and thrown from this bridge in 1393 as a result of a church-state struggle between the Kings of Bohemia and the Pope. The statue was made by Jan Brokoff in 1683.

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Filename: Statue St. John Nepomuk Prague CZR200901--0140.jpg
Copyright: © JLD Tifft 2009
Image Size: 3600x2700 / 3.4MB; Prague Praha Charles Bridge sculpture statue bronze gilded St. John Nepomuk 17th century Jan Brokoff sculptor Czech Republic Baroque
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Looking up at the bronze statue of St. John Nepomuk on the Charles Bridge, Prague. His figure, shown from the knees up, holds a crucifix and a gilded palm branch, & wears a gilded halo with 5 stars Plain blue sky beyond. The martyred saint's facial expression is mournful; he was killed and thrown from this bridge in 1393 as a result of a church-state struggle between the Kings of Bohemia and the Pope. The statue was made by Jan Brokoff in 1683.