Mistr Jan Hus před Kostnickým koncilem.

Brožík's depiction of Jan Hus before the Council of Constance (1883) addresses one of the most charged subjects in Czech cultural memory. Hus, the Prague reformer burned as a heretic at Constance in 1415, became the central martyr-figure of Czech Protestant nationalism and a symbol of Czech resistance to both Roman authority and German cultural domination. The Czech title translates as 'Master Jan Hus before the Council of Constance' — Hus's academic title (Master) emphasized his intellectual standing against the institutional power attempting to silence him. Brožík's treatment of this subject was probably his most nationally significant Czech painting, situating a Czech intellectual and spiritual hero in the moment of confrontation with European institutional power. The painting resonated deeply with Czech nationalist sentiment and was reproduced widely as a visual symbol of Czech identity.

Oil on canvas with the complex multi-figure interior composition that Brožík mastered in his large history paintings. The Council chamber requires architectural depth populated with many individual figures, each with their own costume, function, and reaction to the central confrontation. Hus stands as the compositional and moral center, lit to distinguish him from the surrounding institutional mass.