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]
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. With one known exception[4] 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 [5] | 1637 |
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The Old Portuguese Forte dos Reis Magos, or Fort Ceulen, at the Mouth of the Rio Grande [6] | 1638 |
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The Ox Cart — Brazilian Landscape [7] | 1638 |
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View of Frederiksstad in Paraíba, Brazil [8] | 1638 |
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The Rio São Francisco and Fort Maurits, with a Capybara in the Foreground [9] | 1639 |
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Landscape near Porto Calvo, with a Fig Tree in the Foreground [10] | 1639 |
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Fort Fredrik Hendrik | 1640 |
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Signed and dated ("F. Post 1640").[11] | |
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Landscape of Pernambuco | c. 1644–1659 |
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Unsigned.[12] | |
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Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Igarassu | c. 1644–1659 |
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Signed ("F. Post").[12] |
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A village in Brazil [13] | c. 1645–1680 |
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Brazilian landscape with Manoah's sacrifice [14] | 1648 |
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Brazilian landscape with anteater [15] | 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").[16] | |
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Brazilian landscape | 1650 |
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A Brazilian landscape [17] | 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 [18] | mid-17th century |
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Lowlands | mid-17th century |
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Unsigned.[12] |
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Sugar mill | mid-17th century |
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Unsigned.[12] Contested authorship. |
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Village on a wooded plain [19] | mid-17th century |
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Landscape of Paraíba – Sugar mill with a river [20] | mid-17th century |
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Landscape [21] | mid-17th century |
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Landscape [21] | 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").[12] |
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Ruins of the Mother Church of Olinda [22] | c. 1650–1655 |
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A Monastery of the Capuchin Fathers — The House of a Portuguese Nobleman [23] | c. 1650–1655 |
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A Sugar Mill Driven by a Small River [24] | c. 1650–1655 |
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The Home of a "Labrador" (Sugar Cane Planter) in Brazil (or The Village of Serinhaem) [25] | c. 1650–1655 |
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Three Different Houses, or "Homes of the Labradores who Plant Sugar" [26] | c. 1650–1655 |
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Landscape in Brazil [27] | 1652 |
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Brazilian landscape ("Hacienda") | c. 1652 |
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View of Mauritsstad and Recife [28] | c. 1653 |
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Settlement in Brazil [29] | 1654 |
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Wall with horses and slaves | c. 1655 |
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Unsigned. Probably a fragment of a larger painting.[30] |
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Brazilian landscape with a worker's house [31] | c. 1655 |
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Brazilian landscape with a house under construction [32] | c. 1655–1660 |
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Brazilian landscape [33] | 1656 |
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Plantation settlement in Brazil [34] | 1656 |
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Brazilian landscape [35] | 1656 |
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Waterfall in the forest | 1657 |
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Signed and dated ("F. Post 1657).[36] |
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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 [37] | 1659 |
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Lowlands | 1659 |
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Signed and dated ("F. Post 1659).[38] |
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Huts | 1659 |
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Signed and dated ("F. Post 1659").[12] |
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Village in the interior of Pernambuco [22] | 1660 |
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Landscape in Brazil with Sugar Plantation [22] | 1660 |
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View of a sugar mill | c. 1660 |
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Signed ("F. Post").[12] |
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Landscape with a boa | c. 1660 |
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Signed ("F. Post").[39] |
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Landscape | c. 1660 |
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Unsigned.[38] |
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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.[22] |
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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.[22] |
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Landscape with river and forest [22] | c. 1660–1667 |
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Landscape with a front porch house [22] | c. 1660–1667 |
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Waterfall with indians [22] | 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").[12] |
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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 [22] | 1667 |
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Landscape of Pernambuco – Indians hunting and fighting [20] | 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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References
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- ^ "Frans Post" (in Portuguese). Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural. Archived from the original on 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ "Frans Post (1612–1680): le Brésil à la cour de Louis XIV". Codart. Archived from the original on 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ Currently in the Bristol museum (2023)
- ^ "View of the Island of Itamaracá, Brazil, Frans Jansz Post, 1637". Rijksmuseum. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ "The Old Portuguese Forte dos Reis Magos, or Fort Ceulen, at the Mouth of the Rio Grande". Louvre. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ "The Ox Cart. Brazilian Landscape". Louvre. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ "O Brasil seiscentista nas pinturas de Albert Eckhout e Frans Janszoon Post" (PDF). Instituto Camões. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ "The Rio São Francisco and Fort Maurits, with a Capybara in the Foreground". Louvre. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ "Landscape near Porto Calvo, with a Fig Tree in the Foreground". Louvre. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ Lago, Bia Corrêa (2003). Frans Post e o Brasil holandês na coleção do Instituto Ricardo Brennand. Recife: IRB. pp. 24–25.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "A presença holandesa no Brasil" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Museu Nacional de Belas Artes. 2003. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-11-12. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ "A Village in Brazil c.1645–80" (in Portuguese). Royal Collection Trust. Archived from the original on 2016-01-17. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- ^ "Brasilian landscape with Manoah's sacrifice" (in Portuguese). Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Archived from the original on 2018-01-11. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ "Brasilianische Landschaft mit Ameisenbär" (in Portuguese). Alte Pinakothek. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ Marques, Luiz (1998). Catálogo do Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand: Arte da Península Ibérica, do Centro e do Norte da Europa. São Paulo: Prêmio. p. 119.
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- ^ "Traveler Artists to Latin America" (in Portuguese). Colección Cisneros. Archived from the original on 2017-01-07. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
- ^ "Espaço Olavo Setúbal" (in Portuguese). Itaú Cultural. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
- ^ a b "Edital de concorrência" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Governo do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
- ^ a b Graça, Galindo (2003). Museu do Estado de Pernambuco. São Paulo: Safra. pp. 162–163.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "A Visão do Paraíso e Frans Post: uma reavaliação em vista da prática pictórica contemporânea" (PDF) (in Portuguese). ANPAP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ "A Monastery of the Capuchin Fathers — The House of a Portuguese Nobleman" (in Portuguese). Louvre. 1661. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
- ^ "A Sugar Mill Driven by a Small River" (in Portuguese). Louvre. 1661. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
- ^ "The Home of a "Labrador" (Sugar Cane Planter) in Brazil, formerly incorrectly known as The Village of Serinhaem" (in Portuguese). Louvre. April 1661. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
- ^ "Three Different Houses, or "Homes of the Labradores who Plant Sugar"" (in Portuguese). Louvre. 1661. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
- ^ "Landscape in Brazil, Frans Jansz Post, 1652" (in Portuguese). Rijksmuseum. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
- ^ "As paisagens imaginárias de Frans Post". Dossiê História e Imagens. Archived from the original on 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ "Een nederzetting in Brazilië". Memory of the Netherlands. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ Lago, Bia Corrêa (2003). Frans Post e o Brasil holandês na coleção do Instituto Ricardo Brennand. Recife: IRB. pp. 28–29.
- ^ "Brazilian Landscape with a Worker's House". Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 2017-02-03. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ "Brazilian Landscape with a House under Construction, c. 1655 – 1660". Mauritshuis. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ "Brazilian Landscape, 1656". Frans Hals Museum. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ "Plantation Settlement in Brazil". Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
- ^ "Brazilian Landscape". Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 2019-03-25. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ Lago, Bia Corrêa (2003). Frans Post e o Brasil holandês na coleção do Instituto Ricardo Brennand. Recife: IRB. pp. 26–27.
- ^ "Brazilian landscape with the village of Igaraçú. To the left the church of Sts Cosmas and Damian, Frans Jansz Post, 1659". Rijksmuseum. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ a b Lago, Bia Corrêa (2003). Frans Post e o Brasil holandês na coleção do Instituto Ricardo Brennand. Recife: IRB. pp. 30–31.
- ^ Marques, Luiz (1998). Catálogo do Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand: Arte da Península Ibérica, do Centro e do Norte da Europa. São Paulo: Prêmio. p. 121.
- ^ "Village of Olinda, Brazil". Chazen Museum of Art. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ a b c Marques, Luiz (1998). Catálogo do Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand: Arte da Península Ibérica, do Centro e do Norte da Europa. São Paulo: Prêmio. p. 120.
- ^ Lago, Bia Corrêa (2003). Frans Post e o Brasil holandês na coleção do Instituto Ricardo Brennand. Recife: IRB. pp. 38–39.
- ^ Lago, Bia Corrêa (2003). Frans Post e o Brasil holandês na coleção do Instituto Ricardo Brennand. Recife: IRB. pp. 40–41.
- ^ Lago, Bia Corrêa (2003). Frans Post e o Brasil holandês na coleção do Instituto Ricardo Brennand. Recife: IRB. pp. 42–43.
- ^ Lago, Bia Corrêa (2003). Frans Post e o Brasil holandês na coleção do Instituto Ricardo Brennand. Recife: IRB. pp. 44–45.
- ^ "View of the area around Olinda". Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Archived from the original on 2023-08-21. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ "Brazilian Landscape, 1660s". National Gallery of Ireland. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- ^ "The Church of St. Cosmas and St. Damian and The Franciscan Monastery at Igaraçu, Brazil". Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
- ^ "View of Olinda, Brazil, Frans Jansz Post, 1662". Rijksmuseum. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ "Brazilian Landscape". John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ Lago, Bia Corrêa (2003). Frans Post e o Brasil holandês na coleção do Instituto Ricardo Brennand. Recife: IRB. pp. 34–35.
- ^ "Brasiliana IHGB: um valioso presente à memória nacional" (in Portuguese). Expresso Liberdade. 7 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
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- ^ "Brazilian landscape" (in Portuguese). Johnson Museum of Art. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ Lago, Bia Corrêa (2003). Frans Post e o Brasil holandês na coleção do Instituto Ricardo Brennand. Recife: IRB. pp. 36–37.
- ^ "View of the Ruins of Olinda, Brazil". Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
- ^ "Landscape in Brazil" (in Portuguese). The National Gallery. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ "Landscape in Brazil, Frans Jansz Post, c. 1665 – c. 1669" (in Portuguese). Rijksmuseum. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ "7 obras de nosso acervo que já estão em domínio público" (in Portuguese). CCSP. Archived from the original on 2017-02-01. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ "Frans Post, Brazilian Landscape, 1667". Mauritshuis. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ Lago, Bia Corrêa (2003). Frans Post e o Brasil holandês na coleção do Instituto Ricardo Brennand. Recife: IRB. pp. 46–47.
- ^ "Landscape on the Rio Senhor de Engenho, Brazil, Frans Jansz Post, 1670 – 1680". Rijksmuseum. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ "Brazilian Landscape, Frans Jansz Post, 1670 – 1680". Rijksmuseum. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ Lago, Bia Corrêa (2003). Frans Post e o Brasil holandês na coleção do Instituto Ricardo Brennand. Recife: IRB. pp. 48–49.
- ^ Lago, Bia Corrêa (2003). Frans Post e o Brasil holandês na coleção do Instituto Ricardo Brennand. Recife: IRB. pp. 50–51.
- ^ Lago, Bia Corrêa (2003). Frans Post e o Brasil holandês na coleção do Instituto Ricardo Brennand. Recife: IRB. pp. 52–53.
- ^ "Church Building in Brazil, Frans Jansz Post, 1675 – 1680". Rijksmuseum. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ "Brazilian Village, Frans Jansz Post, 1675 – 1680". Rijksmuseum. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
Further reading
edit- 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.