Details

Subject(s)

• Animals—Brazil [Browse]
• Post, Frans Jansz 1612-1680 [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Exhibition catalogs [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• exhibition catalogs [Browse]

Summary note

In 1636 the artist Frans Post travelled to the Dutch colony of Brazil in the retinue of its governor, Johan Maurits of Nassau. For seven years the Brazilian flora and fauna inspired many of his works of art. The Rijksmuseum is showing his Brazilian landscapes and preliminary sketches, along with dozens of stuffed animals on special loan from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden. Thirty-four animal drawings by Post make their first public appearance. These completely unknown studies were recently discovered at the Noord-Hollands Archief in Haarlem.

Notes

Extract from "Master Drawings" vol. 54, no. 3, 2016, serving as the catalogue to the exhibition "Frans Post: Animals in Brazil / Dieren uit Brazilië", held at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (6 October 2016-8 January 2017).

Bibliographic references

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Other title(s)

Animals in Brazil

ISBN

• 9789491714917 ((paperback))
• 9491714910

OCLC

961212329

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