Untitled (view of Hradcany Castle district, Prague)

 

Vladislav Rohling

  1878 - 1949 (biography)

c. 1925  

color aquatint 

6 3/8 x 6 3/4" platemark 

pencil, lower right; in plate, lower left in image 

not stated 

artist's stamp in lower left margin 

 

antique-white laid with large unidentified crest watermark 

published 

artist 

20898 

SOLD

Rohling was a student of Frantisek Zenisek, reknowned Czech painter and printmaker. Both had an affinity for the skyline of their home, which featured the commanding towers of the Hradcany castle district. Considered the oldest ancient castle in the world, the 70,000 square meter (750,000 square foot) complex began construction in the 9th century. It has served as the seat of power for kings of Bohemia, Holy Roman emperors, and presidents of Czechoslavakia. Rohling deftly captures its elegant silhouette through the haze of a winter evening, smoke emitting from chimneys as the reflections of city lights dance in the River Vltava.