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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Unknown (Vermont),     Portrait male -- Hus, Jan     Ethnic -- Czech     Occupation -- Religion     Occupation -- Other     Object -- Written Matter     Object -- Other     Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Bohemia     Sculpture

Jan Hus, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown (Vermont), fabricator. Title:  Jan Hus, (sculpture). Dates:  1893. Dedicated Sept. 26, 1893. Medium:  Sculpture: gray granite; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 21 in. x 19 in.; Base: approx. 5.5 ft. 41 in. x 41 in. Inscription:  (On south side of base:) CZESKY REFORMATOR/JAN HUS./UPALEN B KOSTNICI/ONE 6 CERVENCE/1415 (On east side of base:) IN MEMORY OF/JAN HUS./THE BOHEMIAN/REFORMATOR BURNED/ALIVE AT THE STAKE/IN CONSTANCE/JULY 6, 1415 (On west side of base:) ONE-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY/SEPT. 26, 1893/SEPT. 26, 1993/ BOHEMIA'S/HISTORICAL SOCIETY/AND/UNION CEMETERY ASSOC. unsigned Description:  Jan Hus stands dressed in an ecclesiastical robes and holding the Bible to his chest with his proper right hand. In his proper left hand he holds a broken object that may have once been a chalice. The sculpture is mounted on a tall square base of polished granite. Subject:  Portrait male -- Hus, Jan -- Full length Ethnic -- Czech Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Occupation -- Other -- Reformer Object -- Written Matter -- Bible Object -- Other -- Chalice Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Bohemia Sculpture Owner:  Union Cemetery, Church Street, Bohemia, New York Remarks:  The sculpture cost $1,400 and was installed by the Czecho-Slovak Protective Society (C.S.P.S.) and the Farmer's Club to honor Bohemian martyr, Jan Hus (1369?-1415). Contributors to the project include members of both organizations, as well as the ladies of the C.S.P.S., and local donors. The sculpture was fabricated in Vermont. IAS files contain a related excerpt from Raymond E., Judith A. and Kathryn E. Spinzia's "Long Island: A Guide to New York's Suffolk and Nassau Counties," Hippocrene Books, 1991, pg. 16-18. A Czech priest born in Husinetz and educated in Prague, Hus was an early Reformationist who challenged the Catholic Church and was excommunicated in 1410. In 1414, Hus was invited by Emperor Sigismund to defend his views at the Council of Constance with a guarantee of safety from King Wenceslaus. Instead, the two imprisoned Hus and he was burned as a heretic on July 6, 1415. This act of treachery led to the Hussite War. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Spinzia, Raymond E., Judith A., and Kathryn E., "Long Island: A Guide to New York's Suffolk and Nassau Counties," New York: Hippocrene Books, 1991, pg. 18. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS NY000776   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY000776 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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