Frans Post, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frans Post

painter from the Northern Netherlands

Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1612

Place of Birth: Haarlem, County of Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 17-Feb-1680

Profession: painter, traveller

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Frans Janszoon Post (17 November 1612 – 17 February 1680) was a painter during the Dutch Golden Age.
He was the first European artist to paint landscapes of the Americas, during and after the period of Dutch Brazil In 1636 he traveled to Dutch Brazil in northeast of South America at the invitation of the governor Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen.
His works were widely collected in The Netherlands, Europe, and Brazil, with the works showing an idealized vision of Dutch colonial rule.



Alternative names	Frans Franchoisz Hals
Description	Dutch painter and draughtsman
Date of birth/death	1582 or 1583 date QS:P,+1582-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1582-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1583-00-00T00:00:00Z/9	26 August 1666 / 29 August 1666
Location of birth/death	Antwerp	Haarlem
Work period	between circa 1603 and circa 1666 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1603-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1666-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Haarlem
Authority control	: Q167654 VIAF: 100165653 ISNI: 0000 0001 1453 225X ULAN: 500027794 LCCN: n78091972 NLA: 35164870 WorldCat