Charles Bridge’s Saints John of Matha, Felix of Valois, and Ivan, Old Town, Prague, Czechia

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The statue was commissioned on behalf of the Prague Trinitarian monastery by František Josef Count Thun and was created in 1714 by Ferdinand Maxmilian Brokoff in his workshop. The statue was restored in 2007. The large statue connects the theme of the founders of the Trinitarian Order with Saint Ivan (a Czech hermit). Above and to the left is Saint John of Matha with broken handcuffs next to St. Ivan with a golden cross, long beard and at his feet has a doe hit by an arrow. Saint Felix of Valois (in front of and below Saint Ivan) is untying the handcuffs of a captive. The lower part of the sculpture completing the story is depicted as a locked dungeon with Christian prisoners being watched over by a Turkish guard with a dog, armed with reprimands and a saber. The connection of St. Ivan to the pair of founders of the Trinitarian Order was due to certain similarities in the lives of the saints (the hermit life, the doe and the stag), but above all to the desire of the Old Town community to have Czech patrons represented on the bridge. Beginning in 1965, all of the statues have been systematically replaced by replicas, and the originals have been exhibited in the Lapidarium of the National Museum.
Additional information on the Charles Bridge Statuary may be obtained at Wikipedia.

Taken in: Bohemia / Hlavní město Praha / Praha 1 (show map)

Taken on: November 16, 2024

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