Pieter Post

Pieter Post
Pieter Nolpe after Pieter Post, CC0

(1608–1669) painter and architect from the Northern Netherlands (1608-1669)

Pieter Post (1608–1669) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Pieter Post belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Pieter Post was born in Haarlem and died in The Hague. Pieter Post worked in Haarlem and The Hague. Pieter Post became a member of Haarlem Guild of St. Luke.

The best-known works include ‘Huis ten Bosch’, ‘Cavalry Engagement’, ‘Ambushing an Army Convoy’, and ‘Dune Landscape with Haystack’. The catalogue has 9 works by Pieter Post with free images. The dated works span the years 1630–1669. Works by Pieter Post are held by several collections, among them Prinsenhof, Mauritshuis, Frans Hals Museum, and Statens Museum for Kunst.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Aniello Falcone, Francesco Cairo, Jan Lievens, Erasmus Quellinus, and Cornelis Saftleven.