Bronze and gilded statue of St. John Nepomuk on the Charles Bridge, Prague

Looking up at the figure, shown from the knees up, holding a crucifix and a gilded palm branch, wearing 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 t he Kings of Bohemia and the Pope. The statue was made by Jan Brokoff in 1683.

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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 crucifix halo
Contained in galleries: Prague in Winter

Looking up at the figure, shown from the knees up, holding a crucifix and a gilded palm branch, wearing 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 t he Kings of Bohemia and the Pope. The statue was made by Jan Brokoff in 1683.