Frans Post, 1637 - View of Itamaracá Island in Brazil - fine art print
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Painted in Brazil for Johan Maurits; presumably part of his gift to King Louis XIV of France, 1679; Eugène Odinot, Paris, 1879; purchased by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. SK-A-4271), 1879; on long-term loan from the Rijksmuseum, since 1953
Piece of art background information
| Name of the artwork: | "View of Itamaracá Island in Brazil" |
| Categorization: | painting |
| Generic term: | classic art |
| Temporal classification: | 17th century |
| Artwork year: | 1637 |
| Approximate age of artwork: | more than 380 years |
| Artwork original medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size of the original work of art: | height: 63,5 cm width: 88,5 cm |
| Signature: | signed and dated: F. POST 1637 1 / 3bears inscription: Het Eijlant ITamaraca gelijck / het selve int Zuijden ver thoont de / stadt legt boven op den Berg beneden / is het Fort orangien het welck leit / inden mont van de Zee op dese / manier sitten de Portugisen de peert / No 443 |
| Exhibited in: | Mauritshuis |
| Museum location: | The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands |
| Museum website: | Mauritshuis |
| License of artwork: | public domain |
| Courtesy of: | Mauritshuis, The Hague |
| Creditline: | Painted in Brazil for Johan Maurits; presumably part of his gift to King Louis XIV of France, 1679; Eugène Odinot, Paris, 1879; purchased by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. SK-A-4271), 1879; on long-term loan from the Rijksmuseum, since 1953 |
General background information about the artist
| Artist name: | Frans Post |
| Other artist names: | Post Frans Jansz., Frans Jansz. Post, F. Posta, Fr. Post, francesco j. post, F. Post, Post Frans, Poost, Post, Frans Jansz Post, Poste, B. Post, post frans, E. Post, Francoys Post, Frantz Post, Francois Post, Franç. Post, Franchois Post, La Post, Post fec., Frans Post, Poost Frans Jansz, E. Port, f. j. post, Post Frans Jansz, Fran. Post, Franz Post |
| Gender: | male |
| Nationality: | Dutch |
| Professions of the artist: | painter, traveller |
| Country: | the Netherlands |
| Artist category: | old master |
| Art styles: | Baroque |
| Died at the age of: | 68 years |
| Year of birth: | 1612 |
| Birthplace: | Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands |
| Year died: | 1680 |
| Place of death: | Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands |
The product
| Product classification: | fine art reproduction |
| Method of reproduction: | digital reproduction |
| Manufacturing method: | digital printing (UV direct print) |
| Manufacturing: | German-made |
| Stock type: | on demand |
| Product usage: | wall decoration, wall art |
| Image alignment: | landscape alignment |
| Image ratio: | length to width 1.4 : 1 |
| Interpretation of the side aspect ratio: | the length is 40% longer than the width |
| Materials you can choose from: | acrylic glass print (with real glass coating), metal print (aluminium dibond), poster print (canvas paper), canvas print |
| Canvas on stretcher frame (canvas print) variants: | 70x50cm - 28x20", 140x100cm - 55x39" |
| Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating) variants: | 70x50cm - 28x20", 140x100cm - 55x39" |
| Poster print (canvas paper): | 70x50cm - 28x20" |
| Aluminium dibond print (aluminium material) options: | 70x50cm - 28x20", 140x100cm - 55x39" |
| Framing of the art copy: | not included |
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This 17th century work of art with the title View of Itamaracá Island in Brazil was created by the artist Frans Post in 1637. The original was made with the size: height: 63,5 cm width: 88,5 cm | height: 25 in width: 34,8 in and was painted with the technique oil on canvas. The original masterpiece has the following inscription: signed and dated: F. POST 1637 1 / 3bears inscription: Het Eijlant ITamaraca gelijck / het selve int Zuijden ver thoont de / stadt legt boven op den Berg beneden / is het Fort orangien het welck leit / inden mont van de Zee op dese / manier sitten de Portugisen de peert / No 443. Today, this artwork belongs to the Mauritshuis's collection, which the Mauritshuis is home to the best artworks of Dutch painting of the seventeenth century. The classic art public domain artwork is supplied with courtesy of Mauritshuis, The Hague. Creditline of the artwork: Painted in Brazil for Johan Maurits; presumably part of his gift to King Louis XIV of France, 1679; Eugène Odinot, Paris, 1879; purchased by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. SK-A-4271), 1879; on long-term loan from the Rijksmuseum, since 1953. Besides this, the alignment is landscape and has a side ratio of 1.4 : 1, which means that the length is 40% longer than the width. The painter, traveller Frans Post was a European artist, whose art style was mainly Baroque. The Dutch artist was born in 1612 in Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands and deceased at the age of 68 in 1680 in Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands.
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