Frans Post – Rijksmuseum – Original Vintage Frans Post – Brazilian Landscape, Rijksmuseum Premium Poster

Frans Post – Brazilian Landscape with Colonial RuinsPremium vintage art printIssued by the RijksmuseumThis exceptional vintage premium print reproduces a celebrated Brazilian landscape by Frans Post, one of the most important Dutch Golden Age painters and the first European artist to systematically depict South America.Frans Post traveled to Brazil in the 1630s as part of the Dutch expedition under Johan Maurits of Nassau-Siegen. His landscapes introduced Europe to the tropical New World, combining first-hand observation with a refined sense of composition. Palm trees, lush vegetation, distant horizons, and colonial architecture became his unmistakable visual language.The scene depicted here shows a ruined colonial structure embedded in a fertile tropical landscape. Nature quietly reclaims architecture, while small human figures animate the scene and emphasize scale. The foreground is rich with botanical and animal details, while the background opens into a vast, luminous panorama. The result is a calm, timeless image that balances history, nature, and quiet narrative.This high-quality Rijksmuseum-issued print was produced to museum standards, with exceptional color fidelity and detail, and was originally distributed as a premium museum publication piece. Such prints were never mass-market posters, but carefully made reproductions intended for collectors, scholars, and museum supporters.Today, these Rijksmuseum prints are... lees verder bij Catawiki