Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1606-1669  Related Paintings of THULDEN, Theodor van :. | Chrystus i Samarytanka | Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Gazette of the Battle of Waterloo | Details of The Burial of the Sardine | Portrait of Paul | The Green Parasol |
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Anna Peters
painted Rosenbluten in 1843 - 1926
Rinaldo Cuneo
1877-1939
POST, Frans
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,