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Sphinx by Václav Levý

Sphinx by Václav Levý

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Sphinx by Václav Levý

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CHKO Kokořínsko - Máchův kraj

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Location: Středočeský kraj, Czech Republic

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Thomas 🌳🚶‍♂️

October 3, 2024

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The only sculpture by Václav Levý that is also painted.

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Holger

February 12, 2024

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The carpenter's son Václav Levý, who in 1840-50 (at the age of 20!) was able to work on the sandstones of the area and sculpted, among other things, this sphinx and the snake(s), later went to Rome and Prague and founded the modern (romantic) Czech school of sculpture.

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Berna_2606

June 6, 2025

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A little hidden...

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