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Frans Post

1612 - 1680

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frans Post is the 1,081st most popular painter (up from 1,099th in 2019), the 458th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 460th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Frans Post ranks 1,081 out of 2,023. Before him are Frederic Edwin Church, Simone Peterzano, Maria de Dominici, Franciszek Smuglewicz, Jean Hey, and Luis Egidio Meléndez. After him are Jan Miense Molenaer, Per Kirkeby, Angelina Beloff, Tom Wesselmann, Varvara Stepanova, and Jan Mandijn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1612, Frans Post ranks 20. Before him are Margherita de' Medici, Şehzade Bayezid, Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Janusz Radziwiłł, and John Albert Vasa. After him are Louis, Duke of Vendôme, Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Anne Bradstreet, Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, and Pier Francesco Mola. Among people deceased in 1680, Frans Post ranks 28. Before him are Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Per Brahe the Younger, Joachim Neander, Li Yu, Yun Hyu, and Peter Lely. After him are John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, Pierre-Paul Riquet, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, Marco Uccellini, Symeon of Polotsk, and Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Frans Post ranks 458 out of 1,646. Before him are Anthon van Rappard (1858), Caspar van Wittel (1653), Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (1566), Arend Lijphart (1936), Pieter Post (1608), and Frans Brüggen (1934). After him are Jan Miense Molenaer (1610), Philippa of Guelders (1464), Sjaak Swart (1938), Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern (1625), Jan Mandijn (1500), and Salomon de Bray (1597).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Frans Post ranks 102. Before him are Dirck Hals (1591), Thomas de Keyser (1596), Adriaen van de Venne (1589), Anthon van Rappard (1858), Caspar van Wittel (1653), and Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (1566). After him are Jan Miense Molenaer (1610), Jan Mandijn (1500), Isaac van Ostade (1621), Willem Drost (1633), Barent Fabritius (1624), and Arnold Houbraken (1660).

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