POST, Frans
(b. 1612, Haarlem, d. 1680, Haarlem)

Brazilian Landscape with Labourers

c. 1670
Oil on panel, 35 x 41 cm
Private collection

This Brazilian landscape with labourers, an armadillo and a tamandua (two exotic creatures) was painted in the period when the artist enjoyed his strongest commercial success. The carefully staged composition includes many of the diverse elements employed by Post during this phase of his career.