# St John of Nepomuk

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## Artwork

- Artist: [STERN, Ignaz](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stern-ignaz-r5a43df282b186b>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 172 x 123 cm

## Commentary

St John Nepomuk is the patron saint of the Czeshs. He is usually shown holding a crucifix. He was thrown in the river on May 16, 1383 by King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia: according to the acts of the canonization he had refused to betray the confession of the queen. He became a saint in 1729 in the frame of the efforts to recatholicize Bohemia.

## Attribution

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