British Painter, ca.1580-1619  Related Paintings of Larkin, William :. | Abduction of Rebecca | Et in Arcadia Ego | The virgin mary and John | In the pleasure | A Fairy |
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Bard, James
Specializes in Maritime Art American Painter, 1815-1897
GILLIS, Nicolaes
Dutch painter (active 1610-1630 in Haarlem)
POST, Frans
Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1612-1680 Painter and draughtsman, brother of Pieter Post. He was one of the first trained European landscape artists to paint in the New World. His paintings and drawings without exception depict Brazilian scenery with exotic buildings, plants, animals and natives. He probably received his early training from his father and was also influenced by his brother's early landscapes, although no works exist from this period. When Johan Maurits, Count of Nassau-Siegen went to Brazil as Governor General of the Dutch colony in the north-east in October 1636, Frans Post, together with ALBERT ECKHOUT, was among the artists and scientists on board to record various aspects of Brazilian life, landscape,