Pieter Post in 1651. Portrait by Pieter Nolpe, detail of a larger work Pieter Jansz Post (1 May 1608 – buried 8 May 1669) was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and art and ...

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

and

printmaker Printmaking is the process of creating work of art, artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand proce ...

Biography

Post was baptised in

Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...

, the son of a stained-glass painter and the older brother of painter

Frans Post 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 ...

. He is credited with the creation of the ''Dutch

baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including ...

'' style of architecture, along with his longtime collaborator Jacob van Campen. Together they designed the

Mauritshuis The Mauritshuis (; en, Maurice House) is an art museum in The Hague, Netherlands. The museum houses the Royal Cabinet of Paintings which consists of 854 objects, mostly Dutch Golden Age paintings. The collection contains works by Johannes Verme ...

in the Hague. According to Houbraken he was a famous architect who introduced his brother Frans to Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange while he was working on plans for the

.Pieter Post Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) ...

, courtesy of the

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According to the RKD he became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1623, and became painter and architect for Stadhouder Frederik Hendrik.Pieter Post
in the RKD He was the overseer from 1640 for the new additions to

Paleis Noordeinde Noordeinde Palace ( nl, Paleis Noordeinde, ) is one of the three official palaces of the Dutch royal family. Located in The Hague in the province of South Holland, it has been used as the official workplace of King Willem-Alexander since 2013. ...

in The Hague. From 1645 he was the architect for Frederik Hendrik for

Huis ten Bosch Huis ten Bosch ( nl, Paleis Huis ten Bosch, ; English: "House in the Woods") is a royal palace in The Hague, Netherlands. It is one of three official residences of the Dutch monarch; the two others being the Noordeinde Palace in The Hague a ...

, where he worked together with Jacob van Campen. He died in

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, aged 61. His son Maurits became an architect, and his son Johan Post became a painter, and his daughter married the anatomist and collector

Frederik Ruysch Frederik Ruysch (; March 28, 1638 – February 22, 1731) was a Dutch botanist and anatomist. He is known for developing techniques for preserving anatomical specimens, which he used to create dioramas or scenes incorporating human parts. His ana ...

. His granddaughter

Rachel Ruysch Rachel Ruysch (3 June 1664 – 12 October 1750) was a Dutch still-life painter from the Northern Netherlands. She specialized in flowers, inventing her own style and achieving international fame in her lifetime. Due to a long and successful caree ...

became a famous flower painter.

(Some) buildings he designed

*1642 Huis Dedel,

*1643 Huis Prinsessegracht 4 (the Hague) *1645-1650

(the Hague) *1645-1648

Gemeenlandshuis Zwanenburg The Gemeenlandshuis Zwanenburg () on the Haarlemmerstraatweg in Halfweg is a former Gemeenlandshuis of the Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland designed by Pieter Post and built 1645–1648. History The Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland built this bui ...

Halfweg Halfweg () is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. Previously a part of the municipality of Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, it is currently a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer and lies about east of Haarlem. Its name, whi ...

*1649-1653 Huis De Onbeschaamde,

Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after ...

*1652-1657 Gebouw van de Staten van Holland, (the Hague) *1655 Johan de Witt Huis, (the Hague) *1657-1658 De Waag,

Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration w ...

*1659-1685 Stadhuis,

Maastricht Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...

*1659-1662 Kruithuis,

Delft Delft () is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, and The Hague, to the northwest. Together with them, it is part of both the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolita ...

*1660 Hofje van Nieuwkoop (Den Haag), *1661-1662 Torendeel van Lambertuskerk in Buren *1662-1665 Kasteel Heeze,

Heeze Heeze is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Heeze-Leende, about 9 km southeast of Eindhoven. The Heeze Castle is located east of the town. Further east and to the north lies the Strabrechtse He ...

*1662-1680 Hervormde Kerk, Bennebroek *1663 Kerk van Stompetoren *1668- Kaaswaag, Gouda

Gallery

File:Den Haag - Huis Ten Bosch 1900.jpg,

(the Hague), built 1645-1650 File:Den_Haag,_Mauritshuis_vanaf_Hofvijver_2006-05-29_16.12.JPG, Mauritshuis (The Hague) File:Waag Leiden.jpg, De Waag Leiden File:Gouda waaggebouw februari 2003.jpg, Kaaswaag Gouda File:Den Haag - Prinsegracht 15.JPG, Dedel House at Prinsegracht 15 in The hague File:Huis Zwanenburg te Halfweg 20090927.jpg,

, former seat of the '' Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland'' waterboard, in

File:Hofje van Nieuwkoop 002.jpg, Hofje van Nieuwkoop (Den Haag) File:Bennebroek-hervormde kerk.jpg, Dutch Reformed church of Bennebroek, which was finished posthumously in 1680. Image:DelftscheZwervers.jpg, One of the "towers" of the "Kruithuis" in Delft Image:StadhuisMaastricht,gravurePvdAa,naartekeningPieterPost,1666,1715.jpg,

city hall, considered Post's most accomplished work. After a drawing by Pieter Post

References

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