# View of Olinda, Brazil

- By: Frans Jansz Post (Haarlem, 1612–1680)
- Date: 1662
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 107.5 cm x width 172.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-742--10e90773f58752273e0118fe83c3dc16)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/c986fbea9dd335c49a1f7e5f23fd415e.jpg
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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.