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View of the Island of Itamaracá, Brazil
Also titled Gezicht op het eiland Itamaracá, Brazilië
Frans Jansz Post (Haarlem, 1612–1680)
1637
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 63.5 cm x width 89.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
This is the earliest known painting of Post, made on 3 November 1637. At first Johan Maurits wanted to build the new capital on the island of Itamaracá. The group of men, including two enslaved, in the foreground are probably exploring the island. On the hill across the water lies Schoppestad, with on the right Fort Oranje, which can still be visited today.
