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View of Olinda, Brazil
Also titled Gezicht op Olinda, Brazilië
Frans Jansz Post (Haarlem, 1612–1680)
1662
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 107.5 cm x width 172.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
Frans Post mainly drew and painted landscapes and buildings, including the cathedral of Olinda, a coastal town in the Pernambuco region of Brazil. The building was badly damaged when the Dutch conquered this region. In the foreground, Post depicted an array of animals, including a monkey, a sloth, and an anteater. This animal motif continues in the 17th-century frame, which Post may have designed himself.
