Josef Švanda (1796-1829)

PORTRAIT OF DOMINIK FRANTIŠEK KINSKÝ

1823
Oil on canvas, 70x56 cm, signed and dated left centre "Jos. Schwanda 1823", attribution on the reverse: "Dominik František Kinský narozen ve městě Slaném dne 4. října 1777 Jenž naději skládá v Hospodinu, milosrdenství obklíčí: Žalm XXXI, 10.". Framed. Portrait of Dominik František Kinský, a priest, pedagogue, translator and writer. He worked in Brno as a professor at the Institute of Philosophy. His main goal was to spread Czech literature and Czech books in Moravia. He became friends with Josef Dobrovský and Josef Jungmann. Condition corresponding to the age.