Abraham Godijn

He received a commission to paint frescos in the Troja Palace in Prague on which he worked with his brother Izaak.

They were part of a group of artists who worked in 1687 for Wenzel Albert Duke of Sternberg on the decoration of the Troja Palace in Prague.

[5] His best-known works are the frescos that he was commissioned to paint by Count Sternberk in the main room of the Troja Castle.

Underneath the curved surfaces below the ceiling, angels and putti are floating before trompe-l'œil architecture showing scenes from Habsburg history.

In one scene we see the trompe-l'œil effect of a Turk falling down with his arms outstretched while his shadow is reflected on the painting (see illustration).

[7] In the fresco programme Abraham Godijn achieved a sophisticated and complex synthesis of fictionalist painting of architecture and lively figural scenes.