The story

The piece originally belonged to an early Renaissance architectural structure. Archaeologists excavating the area surrounding this part of the Princes` Palace suggest that it is part of a twisted column, resembling a braided rope, adorned with a decoration resembling a string of beads. We selected this piece for its elegant execution, demonstrating the exceptional qualities of the stonemason workshop from which it originated. While it is challenging to be certain about the specific craftsman or workshop that executed a particular monument’s decoration, considering the networks through which artisans and their models circulated in those times, it appears that these stonemasons were not from our lands. The closest analogies to the execution of our piece are found at the Town Hall of Bardejov (Slovakia), built between 1506-1511, under the influence of early South German Renaissance architecture.