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Line 6: ==Biography== Post was baptised in [[Haarlem]], the son of a [[stained-glass]] painter and the older brother of painter [[Frans Post]].<ref>{{cite web\| title=The Getty: Pieter Post\| url=http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=752&page=1\|~~accessdate~~access-date=October 24, 2006 \|~~archiveurl~~archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061213092222/http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=752&page=1 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> \|~~archivedate~~archive-date = December 13, 2006}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Post, Pieter — Encyclopædia Britannica\|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9061034/Pieter-Post\|~~accessdate~~access-date=October 24, 2006}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=Houbraken>{{in lang\|nl}} [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/houb005groo01_01/houb005groo01_01_0312.htm Pieter Post Biography] in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by [[Arnold Houbraken]], courtesy of the [[Digital library for Dutch literature]]</ref> According to the RKD he became a member of the [[Haarlem Guild of St. Luke]] in 1623, and became painter and architect for [[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange\|Stadhouder Frederik Hendrik]].<ref name=RKD>[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/64427 Pieter Post] in the [[RKD]]</ref> He was the overseer from 1640 for the new additions to [[Paleis Noordeinde]] in The Hague.<ref name=RKD/> From 1645 he was the architect for Frederik Hendrik for [[Huis ten Bosch]], where he worked together with Jacob van Campen.<ref name=RKD/> He died in [[The Hague]], aged 61.

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