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The epitaph of Wilhelm von Rosenberg, located in the Saint Vitus church in Český Krumlov, is sometimes called the Rosenberg mausoleum, which belongs to one of the most interesting research-sepulchral monuments of the 16th century. Unfortunately, from the whole epitaph composition, only a few fragments of very high artistic quality have survived. Perhaps for this reason has the epitaph of Wilhelm von Rosenberg become a myth shrouded building in the presbytery of the Saint Vitus church. The small number of written sources found on the fragments were processed and interpreted by a group of specialized scholars. Even though scholars had access to these high quality historical documents, unfounded historical reconstructions began to appear. This paper will take a closer look on these appearances and will explain why they are unrealistic and therefore not credible. The aim of this paper is an art-historical analysis of the preserved fragments of the epitaph in relation to similar sepulchral monuments found in Europe. The result is a partial reconstruction of the composition and classification of the work in the context of funeral architectural and sculptural works of this kind in the Czech domain of the 16 century. |
