Pieter Post

Pieter Post ( born May 1, 1608 Haarlem, † May 2, 1669 in The Hague) was a Dutch architect, engineer and painter.

Life

The son of the same father and glass painter Pieter Post obtained as the exponent of a Dutch classicist architecture celebrity. He spent several years of study as a young painter in Rome and participated together with his brother Frans Post in the expedition of Count John Maurice of Nassau- Siegen to Brazil (1637-1644), during which he founded in 1639 the plan of the city Moritz (today's Recife ) designed with fortifications, the Government Palace and the Church. Back in Holland he designed known, now Grade II listed town houses, country houses and weighing, often with a characteristic central hall with a cupola, topped by an octagonal tower. Like many architects of his time, he also designed interiors. In 1648 he received an official position in The Hague.

Pieter Post was commissioned by Moritz von Nassau- Siegen rebuild the Swan Castle, the landmark of the city of Kleve, in the years 1663-1666 in a simple Dutch Baroque castle. As new buildings Pieter Post designed in Kleve the seat Haus Freudenberg and the Prince's Court, the personal residence of Maurice of Nassau- Siegen, both of which were destroyed by Allied air raids during the Second World War and never rebuilt.

Although Pieter Post was especially successful as an architect, he began working as a trained painter, who painted his brother Frans Post landscapes and battle scenes. Of those painters who are expected to Van -de -Velde School, Pieter Post was certainly the most unique.

Works (selection)

Architecture

Famous architectural designs by Pieter Post in Holland are:

Painting

• Firefights, 1631, oil on wood 26.7 × 39.3 cm, Wallraf -Richartz Museum, Cologne