Sgraffito Decoration in the Treasury and the Banquet Hall at the State Chateau at Telč

The Sgrafito Decoration of the Treasury and the Small Banqueting Hall in the State Chateau Telč The interior paintings in two ground floor rooms of Telč's chateau came into being during the government of Zachariáš of Hradec from the house of Vítkovci. In the years 1551- 1552 Zachariáš took part in the noble voyage to italien Genoa on the occation of greeting newly elected king Maxmilián II. It was shortly after he entered upon Telč's domination, 7. november 1550. Immediately after he took over the domination started with the rebuilding of the old castle that was not suited to the new style and the way of housing. This reconstruction proceeded in several stages of it the first one propably started even before the very departure to Italy and related only to the old castle rebuilding. This first stage was lead by the well- known architect Leopold Estreicher of Slavonice and were painted also the interiors of the castle's rooms. In my work I was concerned with the paintings in the Small banqueting hall and the Treasury that are in the old castle's ground floors and are in the close neighbourhood. The Small banqueting hall is decorated by scenes that have didactic character. On the north wall there is a painting with Orpheus playing for animals and this painting merges to the west wall corner. On the..