Jan Šafařík, View of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague View through green bushes and deciduous trees of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague, little impasto painting with loose brushwork, oil on cardboard, early 20th century, signed lower right "Šafařík J.", inscribed on the reverse "Jan Šafařík" and labelled "Salvator Kominik ... Bilder v. Künstlern u. Antiquitäten, Prague", bumped at the edges, somewhat in need of cleaning, framed, folding dimensions approx. 51,5 x 29,5 cm, artist info: Czech painter (1886, Prostějov - 1915), from 1903 for one year at the Prague Academy, 1907 conscription to Bosnia, from where he deserted in 1908 and fled to Paris, between 1909 and 1914 he exhibited four times in the famous Paris Salons, active in Prostějov, Prague and Paris, source: Wikipedia.

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