Kinsky Palace, Rococo palace in Old Town, Prague, Czechia
Kinsky Palace is a Rococo building on the east side of Old Town Square, built 1755–1765 for Count Jan Arnošt Goltz to plans by Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, executed under Anselm Lurago. Its pink-and-white stucco facade, with stucco work by C. G. Bossi, carries statues of classical deities by Ignaz Franz Platzer along the roofline; two monumental column-flanked entrances are joined by a narrow first-floor balcony. The National Gallery uses it as an art museum.
Count Jan Arnošt Goltz had the palace built between 1755 and 1765 to older plans by Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, executed under architect Anselm Lurago. The Kinský family bought it in 1768 and had the interiors remodelled in Neoclassical style; Josef Kranner later added an Empire-style second courtyard and a Neo-Baroque wing reaching Týnská Lane. Since 1949 it has housed the National Gallery.
The palace's name comes from the Kinský family, who bought it in 1768; interiors were later rebuilt in Neoclassical style. Since 1949 it has housed National Gallery collections, and in the late 1960s the band The Plastic People of the Universe rehearsed here under the Prague Cultural Centre.
The building sits directly on Old Town Square, making it easily accessible on foot and clearly visible from the surrounding area. Plan to spend time navigating the multiple floors and exhibition galleries at your own pace.
Bertha von Suttner, born Countess Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau, was born in the palace on 9 June 1843; she later worked as Alfred Nobel's secretary and in 1905 became the first woman awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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