Painting of Jan Hus at Constance after Karl Lessing
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Painting of Jan Hus at Constance after Karl Lessing
Frame: 31 1/2" x 27 1/2"
Painting: 22 1/2' x 19"
The original painting was created by German painter, Karl Friedrich Lessing, in 1839. It depicts the theologian Jan Hus defending his teachings at the Council of Constance in 1415. The council quickly condemned him on thirty points of heresy. He and his writings were burned in 1415. Four years later his followers rebelled against Emperor Sigismund, launching thirty years of warfare in Bohemia. Hus has been variously interpreted as a heresiarch, patriotic hero, leader of a revolution, a forerunner of the Protestant Reformation, and a medieval church reformer. A separate article addresses the Czech Reformation, including the Hussite revolution. (source: oxfordbibliographies.com)
Frame: 31 1/2" x 27 1/2"
Painting: 22 1/2' x 19"
The original painting was created by German painter, Karl Friedrich Lessing, in 1839. It depicts the theologian Jan Hus defending his teachings at the Council of Constance in 1415. The council quickly condemned him on thirty points of heresy. He and his writings were burned in 1415. Four years later his followers rebelled against Emperor Sigismund, launching thirty years of warfare in Bohemia. Hus has been variously interpreted as a heresiarch, patriotic hero, leader of a revolution, a forerunner of the Protestant Reformation, and a medieval church reformer. A separate article addresses the Czech Reformation, including the Hussite revolution. (source: oxfordbibliographies.com)
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Painting of Jan Hus at Constance after Karl Lessing
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