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GRAND DRAWING ROOM
This room is devoted to another important member of the family, the Chief Marshal of the Czech Kingdom Prince George Christian Lobkowicz. His portrait as well as the portrait of his wife Anna, born Princess Liechtenstein placed on the opposite wall was painted by the Czech painter George Ženíšek who also partly decorated the National Theatre in Prague.
Both lunettes from the Saint Wenceslas’ cycle - the dramatic scene of the “Death of Princess Drahomíra” as well as the “Saint Wenceslas recovering pagans children to be baptised” are again works by Karel Škréta. The German Baroque painter Johann Carl Loth is the author of the picture called “Helena of Troy Abduction”. The nearby scene “Neptune and Amfitríté” is probably of an Italian origin. The big picture on the opposite wall with a biblical scene of “Merciful Samaritan” is believed to be by the Italian painter Pietro della Vecchia living in the 17th century. Two smaller scenes of “Mercur and Diana” and “Jupiter’s Childhood” were made in the art circle formed around the Italian painter Luca Giordano. By the door there is a scene “Annunciation to Shepherds” probably from an Italian painter coming from Bassano’s art circle. The two smaller landscape paintings are works by another significant High Baroque painter Václav Reiner.
Most of the furniture in this room is from the Rococo era of the 18th century. Well remarkable are two gilded bracket tables with carved figures of small angels. Furthermore there is a display of Czech glass: cut Empire glass inserted into gilded brass (so-called montage) and blue cobalt glass from the 19th century. On the table in the background there is a collection of vases from porcelain and pottery from Far East as well as from Delft.
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13.08.2005
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