CONTENTS // Karel Škréta - Artist and Man in a Time of Transition 17 i Karel Škréta and Artists of the Prague Rudolfine Court 27 ? Karel Škréta and the Art of the Trans-Alpine Region 63 in - Karel Škréta and Italy 95 // IV The St. Wenceslas Cycle and Other Paintings for the Zderaz Monastery 155 // V Karel Škréta’s Altarpieces 20s // vi Karel Škréta’s Portraiture 271 // vii The Passion Cycle 311 // vín Karel Škréta - Draughtsman 343 ix Karel Škréta and His Contemporaries as Designers of Prints 367 // X Karel Škréta the Younger and the Škréta Workshop 421 // XI Karel Škréta and Anton Stevens 453 // Xu The Artist Contemporaries of Karel Škréta in Prague and Bohemia 475 // XIII Architecture of Karel Škréta’s Time 505 // XIV Sculpture of Karel Škréta’s Era 535 // XV The Karel Škréta Family Library 557 // XVI Karel Škréta - His Personality and Work as Reflected in Historical Documents 577 // XVII The Afterlife of Karel Škréta and His Paintings 613 Sources and literature 640 // Iconographic Index 661 Index of Artists ???