Publication at Catholic Theological Faculty |
2015
Abstract
Study deals with wall paintings at the St. Sigismund chapel in the St.
Vitus Cathedral in Prague, which are permanently half-covered by the baroque altar. The opportunity of detailed study during the restorations of the paintings was used for this study.
The chapel was built by Charles IV. as a place of burial of this Burundian holy saint. This painting probably replaced an earlier cycle and date back to the end of the 16th Century.
Study engages in the question of the iconographic program and its possible connection with the emperor Rudolf II.