František Jakub Prokyš
(1713 - 1791) | Painter |
A Czech painter of late
Baroque - Rococo, originally subject to the Martinic family on the
Prunéř estates, he was recommended by them to the religious order
of Saint Augustine in Třeboň and to prince Josef Adam zu
Schwarzenberg to do paintings. Prince Schwarzenberg released
him from servitude, and F.J. Prokyš first became an independent
wealthy citizen in Třeboň and later on, in the 1760\'s, he became a
wealthy citizen in České Budějovice where he was a member of a
painters´ guild. Prokyš´ main clients were the Schwarzenbergs and
church dignitaries such as P. Franz Kfeller (1726 - 1799) who
served in the office of the influential Český Krumlov prelate from
1762, abbot Bohumír
Bylanský in the Zlatá Koruna monastery and many others. This is
why we meet the works of
František Jakub Prokyš so often in the Český Krumlov
district.
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