Lumír and Píseň, Bronze sculpture in Vyšehrad, Prague, Czech Republic
Lumír and Píseň is a bronze sculptural group by Josef Václav Myslbek, made in 1889–1897 for Palacký Bridge and moved in 1948 to Vyšehradské sady in Vyšehrad, Prague. It shows the legendary bard Lumír together with the figure of Píseň ("Song"), and stands in the gardens beside two other statues from the same bridge group.
Josef Václav Myslbek made the sculpture in 1889–1897 for Palacký Bridge, on the New Town bank of the Vltava. American bombing on 14 February 1945 damaged it, and the statues were removed in 1948 during the bridge reconstruction and placed in Vyšehradské sady. The fourth statue of the group, Libuše and Přemysl, was repaired and reinstalled with the other three in 1977.
The sculpture shows Lumír, a legendary bard from Czech tales, alongside Píseň, the embodiment of song itself. Together they represent a story of artistic defiance and the power of music in local tradition.
The sculpture sits in Vyšehradské sady, a park with multiple statues from the same period, allowing visitors to see several works at one location. The grounds are open during daylight hours and easy to navigate on foot.
A bronze miniature version of the work is preserved inside Prague's Old Town Hall, created as a smaller-scale record of the original composition. This alternate version shows how the sculpture was documented and valued beyond its main location.
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