Pieter Jansz. Post (1608 - 1669)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age architect, painter and printmaker.

• Post was baptised in Haarlem, the son of a stained-glass painter and the older brother of painter Frans Post.

• He is credited with the creation of the Dutch baroque style of architecture, along with his longtime collaborator Jacob van Campen.

• Together they designed the Mauritshuis in the Hague.

• According to Houbraken he was a famous architect who introduced his brother Frans to Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, while he was working on plans for the Mauritshuis.

• According to the RKD he became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1623.

• He was the overseer from 1640 for the new additions to Paleis Noordeinde in The Hague.

• From 1645 he was the architect for Frederik Hendrik for Huis ten Bosch, where he worked together with Jacob van Campen.

• He died in The Hague.

• His son Maurits became an architect, and his son Johan Post became a painter.

• His daughter married the anatomist and collector Frederik Ruysch.

• His granddaughter Rachel Ruysch became a flower painter.

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