After the Battle of Vitkov: God Represents Truth, not Power - 1916
In 1420, in the early stages of the Hussite wars, the German King occupied the castle at Prague and was crowned king. A peasant army of Hus's followers arrived from Southern Bohemia to oppose the Germans, led by a brilliant military leader, Jan Zizka of Troenov. Their position at the hill of Vitkov was under siege until relieved by a group of Czech soldiers from Prague arrived, led by a priest bearing a monstrance. The mural shows the priest at a field bearing the monstrance and surrounded by supplicating clergy, with Prague's Hradcany Castle visible to the right. The sun has broken through the dark shy and is shining on the figure of Zizka, a sign of God's grace that had ensured military victory. The woman with children, front left, undercuts the triumphalist atmosphere by turning her back on the celebration, knowing perhaps that the war will claim the lives of her sons.