Josef Jungmann, Bronze statue on Jungmann Square, Prague 1, Czech Republic

The Pomník Josefa Jungmanna is a bronze seated figure of the scholar on a 4 m pedestal of syenite, marble and granite, set in a circular flower bed on Jungmann Square at the corner of Jungmannova and 28. října streets. Jungmann sits in an armchair, head slightly bowed, left hand holding an unrolled scroll, right hand resting on his knee with a quill; he wears a frock coat with a cloak over his shoulders. A brass laurel wreath decorates the front of the pedestal.

The foundation stone was laid in 1873 after society decided to honor the important language scholar. The original sculptor Václav Levý could not complete the work, so Ludvík Šimek created the final bronze statue.

The square around the statue was renamed Jungmannovo náměstí and the former Široká street became Jungmannova at the 1878 unveiling, when hundreds of guilds and thousands of citizens attended and the Hlahol choir sang. The face follows Antonín Machek's 1833 portrait of Jungmann.

The statue stands at the junction of Jungmannova and 28. října streets, on Jungmann Square in Prague 1, a short walk from Wenceslas Square and the Můstek metro stop. It faces the Franciscan Church, and the adjoining Franciscan Garden behind the church lets you step back and see the figure from other sides.

The face of the seated figure was taken from Antonín Machek's 1833 portrait of Jungmann, while the pose with scroll and quill follows statues of Menander and Posidippus in the Vatican. The pedestal of polished syenite, marble and granite carries a brass laurel wreath and the inscription POSTAVIL SVATOBOR.