Frans Jansz Post (1612-1680)

• Was a painter during the Dutch Golden Age.
• He was the first European artist to paint landscapes of the Americas.
• In 1636 he traveled to Dutch Brazil in northeast of South America at the invitation of the governor Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen.
• His works were widely collected in The Netherlands, Europe, and Brazil.
• Post produced approximately 140 paintings during his lifetime.
• Nearly half are dated, making it possible to track the evolution of his work between 1637, the day he landed in Brazil, and 1669.
• Post continued to paint images of Brazil upon his return to The Netherlands in 1642.
• The displayed painting is a crop from A Brazilian Landscape, 1650.
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Frans Post, A Brazilian Landscape, 1650

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2023.

Frans Post, A Brazilian Landscape, 1650

Frans Post, Brazilian Landscape, Probably Pernambuco, 1660s

Original, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Visited in 2017-2018.

Frans Post, View of Olinda, Brazil, 1662

Original, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Frans Post, View of Olinda, Brazil, 1662

Frans Post, Brazilian Village, 1675 - 1680

Original, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Frans Post, Brazilian Village, 1675 - 1680

Frans Post, Brazilian Landscape with a Worker's House, c. 1655

Original, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Visited in 2018.

Frans Post, Brazilian Landscape with a Worker's House, c. 1655

Frans Jansz Post, Brazilian Landscape, 1656

Original, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford. Visited in 2019.

Frans Jansz Post, Brazilian Landscape, 1656

Frans Jansz Post, Brazilian Landscape with Armadillo, 1649

Original, The Pinakotheken - Munich. Visited 2019.

Frans Post, Brazilian Landscape with Anteater, 1649

Original, The Pinakotheken, Munich. Visited 2019.

Frans Post, Brazilian Landscape with Anteater, 1649

Frans Jansz Post, View of the Jesuit Church at Olinda, Brazil, 1665.

Original, DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts. Visited in 2020.

Frans Jansz Post, View of the Jesuit Church at Olinda, Brazil, 1665.

Frans Post, Brazilian Landscape, c. 1637-1669

Original, The Castro Maya Museum, The Chácara do Céu Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Visited in 2022-2023.

Frans Post, Brazilian Landscape, c. 1637-1669

Frans Post, A sugar mill turned by water with the ovens where we cook the liquid of the cane from which we make the sugar, about 1661-69

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Frans Post, A sugar mill turned by water with the ovens where we cook the liquid of the cane from which we make the sugar, about 1661-69

Frans Post, Three Various Houses, or Labrador Houses That Plant Sugar near the Paraìba River, about 1650-1655 or 1661-69

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Frans Post, Three Various Houses, or Labrador Houses That Plant Sugar near the Paraìba River, about 1650-1655 or 1661-69

Frans Post, The Ox Cart. Brazilian landscape, 1638

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Frans Post, The Ox Cart. Brazilian landscape, 1638

Frans Post, Rio San Francisco and Fort Maurice, with a capivara in the foreground, in Brazil, 1639

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Frans Post, Rio San Francisco and Fort Maurice, with a capivara in the foreground, in Brazil, 1639

Frans Post, The Ancient Portuguese Fort of the Three Magi or Fort Ceulen, at the mouth of the Rio Grande, Brazil, 1638

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Frans Post, The Ancient Portuguese Fort of the Three Magi or Fort Ceulen, at the mouth of the Rio Grande, Brazil, 1638

Frans Post, Brazilian Landscape - View Of Olinda

Original, The National Museum in Warsaw. Visited in 2021.

Frans Post, Brazilian Landscape - View Of Olinda

Frans Post, A Brazilian Landscape with the Ruins of Olinda, 1663

Original, Museum of Fine Art Boston. Visited in 2018-2023.