The statue of

John of Nepomuk John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) (; ; ) ( 1345 – 20 March 1393) was a saint of Bohemia (a western part of what is now the Czech Republic) who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia. Later accounts st ...

() is an outdoor sculpture, installed in 1683 on the north side of the

Charles Bridge Charles Bridge ( , ) is a medieval stone arch bridge that crosses the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction started in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV, and finished in the early 15th century.; The bridge replaced ...

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

, Czech Republic. It was the first of the many Baroque images of saints to be installed on the bridge.

Description and history

Matthias Rauchmiller clay model for the statue of St John of Nepomuk on Charles Bridge in Prague

The bronze statue is based on a clay model made in 1681 by Matthias Rauchmiller. The sculptor

Jan Brokoff Jan Brokoff, also known as Johann Brokoff, (23 June 1652 – 28 December 1718) was a baroque-era sculpture, sculptor and woodcarver. Brokoff was of Carpathian Germans, Carpathian German origin, born in Spišská Sobota, Georgenberg, Royal Hunga ...

created a large wooden sculpture based on Rauchmiller's model, which was then cast in bronze in Nuremberg. Rauchmiller's clay model is now in the collection of the National Gallery of Prague. Brokoff's wooden statue (gilded) has been displayed on the altar of Prague's Church of St. John of Nepomuk On the Rock since 1819.Church of St John of Nepomuk on the Rock
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