Artwork
Brazilian Landscape
Brazilian Landscape is an oil painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Frans Post. It dates from 1675 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
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Technique & Style
The compact dimensions suggest an intimate, carefully composed view rather than a monumental panorama.
Brazilian Landscape is an oil painting on panel measuring 22.5 × 28 cm. The work exemplifies the landscape genre, a category to which Frans Post devoted his career. The artist's handling of oil paint on a wooden support reflects the standard practice of Dutch Golden Age painting, adapted here to depict the Brazilian terrain that Post had observed during his 1644 expedition. The compact dimensions suggest an intimate, carefully composed view rather than a monumental panorama.
History & Provenance
Frans Post executed Brazilian Landscape in 1675 as an oil painting on panel. The work measures 22.5 cm in height and 28 cm in width. Its documented ownership history begins with Lucretia Johanna van Winter, after which it passed to Hendrik Six van Hillegom.
The painting subsequently remained within the Six family collection, passing through Jan Pieter Six VI, Pieter Hendrik Six van Vromade, and Jan Six van Vromade. It is currently held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
Brazilian Landscape is held in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, where it forms part of the Six Collection. The painting, executed in oil on panel and measuring 22.5 by 28 cm, has passed through a documented line of Six-family ownership, from Lucretia Johanna van Winter through Hendrik Six van Hillegom, Jan Pieter Six VI, Pieter Hendrik Six van Vromade, and Jan Six van Vromade, before entering the museum's holdings.
No specific inventory or accession number, and no exhibition history, is recorded in the available sources.
Overview
Brazilian Landscape is a 17th-century oil painting by Frans Post, created in 1675. It is a representation of a colonial landscape, characteristic of the Dutch Golden Age.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a serene and idyllic landscape with houses, fields, and palm trees. A group of people is shown walking in the foreground. The scene conveys an idealized vision of the colonial landscape, with a warm and sunny atmosphere.
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Artist
Frans Janszoon Post (17 November 1612 – 17 February 1680) was a painter during the Dutch Golden Age.
