Statue of St. John in Strahov Monastery

The statue is in the Theology Hall (with a curved ceiling encrusted in Baroque stucco work) dating from 1679, built by Giovanni Orsi, part of the Strahov Monastery in Hradcany, Prague. Of richly painted wood, the figure holds one hand to his cheek as though with toothache, and a lantern (?) in the other. His facial expression seems quite agonized.

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The statue is in the Theology Hall (with a curved ceiling encrusted in Baroque stucco work) dating from 1679, built by Giovanni Orsi, part of the Strahov Monastery in Hradcany, Prague. Of richly painted wood, the figure holds one hand to his cheek as though with toothache, and a lantern (?) in the other. His facial expression seems quite agonized.