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POST, Frans
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| Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1612-1680 Painter and draughtsman, brother of Pieter Post. He was one of the first trained European landscape artists to paint in the New World. His paintings and drawings without exception depict Brazilian scenery with exotic buildings, plants, animals and natives. He probably received his early training from his father and was also influenced by his brother's early landscapes, although no works exist from this period. When Johan Maurits, Count of Nassau-Siegen went to Brazil as Governor General of the Dutch colony in the north-east in October 1636, Frans Post, together with ALBERT ECKHOUT, was among the artists and scientists on board to record various aspects of Brazilian life, landscape, | ||||
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Hacienda af new1/POST, Frans2.jpg Painting ID:: 8578 Visit European Gallery |
1652 Oil on panel, 45 x 65 cm Mittelrheinisches Landesmuseum, Mainz | ||
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