Dům U Božího oka, Malá Štupartská, Baroque building in Old Town, Czech Republic.
This house on Malá Štupartská is a baroque structure featuring an ornate sandstone portal and historical paintings displayed above its first-floor windows. The facade showcases the craftsmanship typical of the period, with carefully carved stone details framed by neighboring buildings on this narrow street.
The building was destroyed during the Prague fire of 1689 and subsequently rebuilt in 1694 under the direction of architect Paul Ignaz Bayer in the baroque style. This reconstruction was part of the broader renewal of the Old Town following the disaster.
The house was formerly called U Tří obrazů (At the Three Paintings), after images of St Wenceslas, Charles IV and George of Poděbrady above the first-floor windows of the south side facade. The current name U Božího oka (At the Eye of God) is not explained in the sources.
The building sits on the narrow Malá Štupartská street within the Ungelt complex near Saint James Church and is easily reached on foot from the Old Town Square. The street is small and can get crowded, so visiting early in the day or during quieter weather allows you to view the facade details more clearly.
The house was recorded in 1426 as domus sculpta, "carved house", probably for the sandstone portal whose pear-shaped moulding was uncovered on the facade. A section of this Gothic stonework is still visible there, set into the later baroque front.
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