A Monumental life sized bust with foundry marks for Bartak Praha and painted white numerals ( usually the indication of museum inventory numbers.) Maratka studied under in Prague Myslbek from 1896 to 1900. From 1901 to 1902 he worked at the atelier Rodin in Paris and organized the Rodin Exhibition in Prague. He worked with the master as a specialist craftsman and he is credited with working on several of Rodin's masterworks. He also worked with Bourdelle in Paris.