Karel Škréta Ze Šotonovský Závořic

Place: Prague

Born: 1610

Death: 1674

Biography:

Karel Škréta was a Czech portrait painter who worked in the Baroque style. He was born in Prague in 1610 and died in the same city in 1674. He lived through the Thirty Years' War which caused him some hardships as a Protestant which led him to leave Prague for Saxony then Italy. He is known for his work on numerous retables for churches in Prague, including Saint-Thomas, Saint-Etienne and the Church of Our Lady before Týn.