# Tomb of Ottokar I

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PARLER, Peter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/parler-peter-r13a6da5913f574>)
- Date: 1351-1400
- Technique: Limestone

## Commentary

Peter Parler, the architect and sculptor was the leader of a large workshop in Prague. He designed the choir of the cathedral as a memorial mausoleum for Charles IV&#39;s Bohemian ancestors, with stone effigies resting atop huge sarcophagi. Charles ordered six tombs to be set up in the polygonal choir. The new style of Parler&#39;s sculpture is apparent in the impressive figure of Ottocar I, the thirteenth-century leader who established the hereditary line of the Bohemian dynasty. Ottokar I \(c. 1155-1230\), King of Bohemia from 1198 to 1230, was the younger son of King Vladislav II.

## Related artworks

- [Anna von Schweidnitz](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/parler-peter-r13a6da5913f574/anna-von-schweidnitz-r9c826fe7c57471>)
- [Head of Charles IV](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/parler-peter-r13a6da5913f574/head-of-charles-iv-rcd2e09e6ebdd27>)
- [Interior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/parler-peter-r13a6da5913f574/interior-view-r97a536e3572f6e>)
- [Self-Portrait](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/parler-peter-r13a6da5913f574/self-portrait-r67b35a4239bd0c>)
- [Self-Portrait](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/parler-peter-r13a6da5913f574/self-portrait-rc4079caf2a6fa0>)
- [Self-Portrait](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/parler-peter-r13a6da5913f574/self-portrait-rec947cecd27efb>)
- [Tomb of Ottokar II](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/parler-peter-r13a6da5913f574/tomb-of-ottokar-ii-r80c372abd9f1e2>)

## Attribution

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