List of paintings by Frans Post
This article lists paintings by Frans Post (1612–1680), a Dutch Golden Age artist who was the first European to paint landscapes of the Americas. Frans Post disembarked in Brazil in 1637, following the retinue of John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, who had recently been appointed as the governor of the Dutch possessions in Northeast Brazil by the Dutch West India Company. Along with Albert Eckhout and Zacharias Wagener, Post was in charge of documenting the new Dutch colonies in South America, but while his companions were devoted to depicting the Brazilian flora, fauna, and people, he focused exclusively on the landscapes of the so-called "New Holland".[1][2][3]
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Frans Post returned to Europe in 1644, after producing a limited number of in loco artworks, of which only seven have survived. Nevertheless, the exoticism of his landscapes, rich in tropical details yet unknown to the European public, soon attracted the attention of new clients. As a result, Post would devote the rest of his artistic career to the production of paintings with Brazilian themes, based on the sketches and drawings of what he had observed onsite. Post's known output numbers about 160 paintings, practically all of them of Brazilian landscapes. He did not date his paintings, making it difficult to establish a precise timeline of his production. A large part of his oeuvre is currently housed in Brazilian museums and collections (Ricardo Brennand Institute in Recife, National Museum of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo Museum of Art, etc.), but several examples of his works may be found around the world, mainly in Europe (Louvre, Rijksmuseum) and the United States. In the following list, artworks are presented in loose chronological order.[1]
Paintings
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View of the Island of Itamaracá, Brazil [4] | 1637 |
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The Old Portuguese Forte dos Reis Magos, or Fort Ceulen, at the Mouth of the Rio Grande [5] | 1638 |
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The Ox Cart — Brazilian Landscape [6] | 1638 |
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View of Frederiksstad in Paraíba, Brazil [7] | 1638 |
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The Rio São Francisco and Fort Maurits, with a Capybara in the Foreground [8] | 1639 |
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Landscape near Porto Calvo, with a Fig Tree in the Foreground [9] | 1639 |
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Fort Fredrik Hendrik | 1640 |
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Signed and dated ("F. Post 1640").[10] | |
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Landscape of Pernambuco | c. 1644–1659 |
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Unsigned.[11] | |
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Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Igarassu | c. 1644–1659 |
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Signed ("F. Post").[11] | |
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A village in Brazil [12] | c. 1645–1680 |
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Brazilian landscape with Manoah's sacrifice [13] | 1648 |
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Brazilian landscape with anteater [14] | 1649 |
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Brazilian landscape with an armadillo | 1649 |
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Paulo Afonso Falls | 1649 |
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Signed and dated ("F. Post 1649").[15] | |
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Brazilian landscape | 1650 |
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A Brazilian landscape [16] | 1650 |
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View of Olinda | c. 1650 |
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Ruins of the Mother Church of Olinda | mid-17th century |
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Landscape with chapel [17] | mid-17th century |
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Lowlands | mid-17th century |
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Sugar mill | mid-17th century |
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Unsigned.[11] Contested authorship. | |
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Village on a wooded plain [18] | mid-17th century |
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Landscape of Paraíba – Sugar mill with a river [19] | mid-17th century |
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Landscape [20] | mid-17th century |
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Landscape [20] | mid-17th century |
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Franciscan monastery in Igaraçu | mid-17th century |
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Sugar mill in Pernambuco | 17th century |
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Village and a coconut tree | 17th century |
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Signed ("F.Post"). | |
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Brazilian landscape with a procession of blacks | 17th century |
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Village | 17th century |
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Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Igarassu | 17th century |
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Sugar mill | 17th century |
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Brazilian Landscape with the Monastery of Igaraçú | 17th century |
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View of Olinda | c. 1650–1655 |
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Signed ("F. Post").[11] | |
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Ruins of the Mother Church of Olinda [21] | c. 1650–1655 |
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A Monastery of the Capuchin Fathers — The House of a Portuguese Nobleman [22] | c. 1650–1655 |
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A Sugar Mill Driven by a Small River [23] | c. 1650–1655 |
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The Home of a "Labrador" (Sugar Cane Planter) in Brazil (or The Village of Serinhaem) [24] | c. 1650–1655 |
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Three Different Houses, or "Homes of the Labradores who Plant Sugar" [25] | c. 1650–1655 |
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Landscape in Brazil [26] | 1652 |
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Brazilian landscape ("Hacienda") | c. 1652 |
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View of Mauritsstad and Recife [27] | c. 1653 |
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Settlement in Brazil [28] | 1654 |
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Wall with horses and slaves | c. 1655 |
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Brazilian landscape with a worker's house [30] | c. 1655 |
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Brazilian landscape with a house under construction [31] | c. 1655–1660 |
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Brazilian landscape [32] | 1656 |
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Plantation settlement in Brazil [33] | 1656 |
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Brazilian landscape [34] | 1656 |
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Waterfall in the forest | 1657 |
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Signed and dated ("F. Post 1657).[35] | |
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River crossing the lowlands | 1658 |
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Signed and dated ("F. Post 1658). | |
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Brazilian landscape with the village of Igaraçú. To the left the church of Sts Cosmas and Damian [36] | 1659 |
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Lowlands | 1659 |
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Signed and dated ("F. Post 1659).[37] | |
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Huts | 1659 |
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Signed and dated ("F. Post 1659").[11] | |
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Village in the interior of Pernambuco [21] | 1660 |
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Landscape in Brazil with Sugar Plantation [21] | 1660 |
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View of a sugar mill | c. 1660 |
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Signed ("F. Post").[11] | |
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Landscape with a boa | c. 1660 |
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Signed ("F. Post").[38] | |
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Landscape | c. 1660 |
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Unsigned.[39] | |
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Village of Olinda, Brazil [40] | c. 1660 |
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The Sugar Factory and Plantation of Engenho Real | c. 1660 |
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Landscape with an antbear | after 1660 |
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Signed ("F. Post").[41] | |
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Rural landscape | c. 1660–1667 |
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Possibly a pendant of Ruins of Olinda, housed in the same collection.[21] | |
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Ruins of Olinda | c. 1660–1667 |
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Possibly a pendant of Rural landscape, housed in the same collection.[21] | |
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Landscape with river and forest [21] | c. 1660–1667 |
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Landscape with a front porch house [21] | c. 1660–1667 |
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Waterfall with indians [21] | c. 1660–1667 |
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River and village landscape | c. 1660–1669 |
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Signed ("F. Post").[42] | |
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Sugar mill | c. 1660–1669 |
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Signed ("F. Post"). Pendant of Village and chapel with portico, housed in the same collection.[43] | |
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Village and chapel with portico | c. 1660–1669 |
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Signed ("F. Post"). Pendant of Sugar mill, housed in the same collection.[44] | |
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Village and chapel with portico | c. 1660–1669 |
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Signed ("F. Post").[45] | |
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View of the area around Olinda [46] | c. 1660–1670 |
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Brazilian landscape | c. 1660–1670 |
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Signed ("F. Post"). [47] | |
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The Church of St. Cosmas and St. Damian and The Franciscan Monastery at Igaraçu, Brazil [48] | c. 1660–1680 |
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Sugar plantation | 1661 |
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View of Olinda, Brazil [49] | 1662 |
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Brazilian landscape or Rural landscape in Brazil [50] | 1664 |
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Landscape with ruins of Olinda | 1664 |
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Signed and dated ("F. Post 1664").[51] | |
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Ruins of the Mother Church of Olinda [52] | c. 1665 |
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Brazilian landscape [53] | 1665 |
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Brazilian landscape [54] | 1665 |
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Landscape of Pernambuco with manor house | 1665 |
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Signed and dated ("F. Post 1665").[41] | |
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Landscape with large tree to the right | 1665 |
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Signed and dated ("F. Post 1665").[55] | |
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Landscape of Paraíba | 1665 |
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Signed ("F. Post").[11] | |
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View of the Ruins of Olinda, Brazil [56] | 1665 |
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Landscape in Brazil [57] | c. 1665–1669 |
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Landscape in Brazil [58] | c. 1665–1669 |
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Sugar mill with a chapel [21] | 1667 |
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Landscape of Pernambuco – Indians hunting and fighting [19] | 1667 |
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Ipojuca Village [59] | 1667 |
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Manor house on the lowlands | 1667 |
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Signed and dated ("F.Post 1667"). | |
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Brazilian landscape [60] | 1667 |
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River landscape in Pernambuco | 1668 |
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Signed and dated ("1668 – F. Post").[41] | |
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Sugar mill | c. 1670 |
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Unsigned.[61] | |
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Landscape on the Rio Senhor de Engenho, Brazil [62] | c. 1670–1680 |
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Brazilian landscape [63] | c. 1670–1680 |
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Village with church | c. 1670–1680 |
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Signed ("F. Post").[64] | |
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Village | c. 1670–1680 |
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Signed ("F. Post").[65] | |
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Northeastern Landscape | c. 1670–1680 |
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Signed ("F. Post").[66] | |
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Church Building in Brazil [67] | c. 1675–1680 |
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Brazilian Village [68] | c. 1675–1680 |
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See also
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Further reading
- Lago, Pedro Corrêa, and Lago, Bia Corrêa. Frans Post: (1612–1680): obra completa, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Capivara, 1996.
- Lago, Bia Corrêa. Frans Post e o Brasil holandês na coleção do Instituto Ricardo Brennand, Recife: IRB, 2003.