# Exterior view

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mathey-jean-baptiste-r39de1954268924/exterior-view-r094e72abb8444a>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [MATHEY, Jean Baptiste](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mathey-jean-baptiste-r39de1954268924>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Photo

## Commentary

Count Johann Friedrich von Waldstein, archbishop of Prague, endeavoured to introduce a new mood into the architecture of Prague. He commissioned the Frenchman Jean Baptiste Mathey to build his palace. This, like other palaces and villas designed by Mathey, was conceived as a three-sectioned ensemble with a raised central elevation and external stairways.

## Related artworks

- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mathey-jean-baptiste-r39de1954268924/exterior-view-r90a38bc64c01d3>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)