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Now on display in the museum

Frans Jansz Post

(1612 - 1680)

Brazilian Landscape

1656

Details

  • Type

    Painting

  • Material and technique

    Oil on panel

  • Subject

    Painting; landscape

  • Dimensions

    54,2 x 71,5 cm (21 5/16 x 28 1/8in.)

  • Identifier

    os 62-80

  • Source

    Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem

About the artwork

In 1637, Frans Post sailed to Brazil, where the Dutch held the coast as a colony. There he made a pictorial record of the landscape, the people and the natural environment. Later, back in Haarlem, Post continued painting Brazilian landscapes: buyers paid considerable sums for his pictures. Yet these idyllic views never showed the oppression of the indigenous people, or the way the Dutch forced enslaved men, women and children to work on the plantations, condemning many to an early death.

FRANS HALS MUSEUM

Groot Heiligland 62, Haarlem


Open Tuesday – Sunday
11 AM – 5 PM

HAL

Grote Markt 16, Haarlem


Temporary modern and contemporary art exhibition

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