Pieter Post

Pieter Post is also the Dutch name of Postman Pat.

Pieter Jansz Post (1 May 1608 – buried 8 May 1669) was a Dutch Golden Age architect, painter and printmaker.

Biography

Post was baptised in Haarlem, the son of a stained-glass painter and the older brother of painter Frans Post.[1] He is credited with the creation of the Dutch baroque style of architecture, along with his longtime collaborator Jacob van Campen. Together they designed the Mauritshuis in the Hague.[2] 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 Mauritshuis.[3]

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.[4] He was the overseer from 1640 for the new additions to Paleis Noordeinde in The Hague.[4] From 1645 he was the architect for Frederik Hendrik for Huis ten Bosch, where he worked together with Jacob van Campen.[4] He died in The Hague, aged 61. His son Maurits became an architect, and his son Johan Post became a painter,[4] and his daughter married the anatomist and collector Frederik Ruysch. His granddaughter Rachel Ruysch became a famous flower painter.

Architectural work

  • Huis ten Bosch (the Hague), built 1645-1650
  • Mauritshuis (The Hague)
  • De Waag Leiden
  • Kaaswaag Gouda
  • Dedel House (Huis Dedel) at Prinsegracht 15 in The Hague
  • Gemeenlandshuis Zwanenburg, former seat of the Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland waterboard, in Halfweg
  • Hofje van Nieuwkoop (Den Haag)
  • Dutch Reformed church of Bennebroek, which was finished posthumously in 1680.
  • One of the "towers" of the "Kruithuis" in Delft
  • Maastricht city hall, considered Post's most accomplished work. After a drawing by Pieter Post

References

  1. ^ "The Getty: Pieter Post". Archived from the original on December 13, 2006. Retrieved October 24, 2006.
  2. ^ "Post, Pieter — Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved October 24, 2006.
  3. ^ (in Dutch) Pieter Post Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  4. ^ a b c d Pieter Post in the RKD
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