Painted house, Renaissance corner house with sgraffito in Třebíč, Czech Republic

The Painted House is a Renaissance corner house with sgraffito decoration on Karlovo náměstí in Třebíč, at the southwest corner where Hasskova Street meets the square, number 53. Its facade carries a hunter and a wolf beneath the cornice, biblical figures between the windows, and portraits of townspeople on the lower part.

The house was built at the end of the 16th century by the Venetian merchant Francesco Calligardi as a shop for colonial goods. In 1617 it was sold by his brother Mikuláš to Jan Janko Strážnický, later passing to the Bolzano and Bissat families. Its sgraffiti were covered and only restored in 1903 under Josef Kozlanský.

The house takes its name from the sgraffito decoration on its facade, not painted frescoes. The lower part shows portraits of townspeople, while the bay window bears the Virgin Mary with three angels and the side wall in Hasskova Street figures in hunting gear.

The house stands at the southwest corner of Karlovo náměstí, where it meets Hasskova Street, number 53. The information centre opened in the ground floor in 2002, and the ceremonial hall is upstairs. The square is in Třebíč's inner town, not Prague.

The sgraffito was covered over for centuries and only restored in 1903 through the efforts of Josef Kozlanský, a professor at the Třebíč grammar school. A 2025 survey found the plaster pulling away from the wall by several centimetres, so rescue work is planned for 2026 and 2027.