Saint Gothard statue in Sezemice, Religious statue in Sezemice, Czech Republic

The Saint Gothard statue in Sezemice is a late Baroque sandstone sculpture from 1775, standing by the road to Jirsko, part 1. With its stylobate it measures 310 cm; the base bears reliefs of Saints Adalbert, Wenceslas and Vitus, and the 1.5 m figure of the bishop stands in pronounced contrapposto, wearing a chasuble girded with a cincture and an open cloak, a cross on his chest and a mitre on his head, holding a closed book in his left hand. Traces of polychromy survive on the stone.

The sandstone statue of Saint Gothard dates from 1775 and was originally set at a crossroads in the fields closer to Sezemice. It now stands by the road to Jirsko, 1st part, at a secondary location. Its depiction of Saint Gothard is rare in the Czech lands.

The statue's base carries reliefs of three Bohemian patrons: Saint Adalbert with a crozier, Saint Wenceslas with banner and shield, and Saint Vitus with a martyr's palm and a rooster. The choice of Saint Gothard, rare in the Czech lands, makes the work notable for visitors interested in iconography.

The statue stands by the road to Jirsko, part 1, outside the village centre; its position is secondary, as it originally stood at a crossroads in the fields closer to Sezemice. It is a sandstone work on a tall stylobate, so it is seen from the roadside rather than in a square.

Depictions of Saint Gothard are relatively rare in the Czech lands, which makes this sandstone statue notable from an iconographic point of view. The figure is under life-size at about 1.5 m, set on a stylobate that brings the whole work to 310 cm.