Pieter Post
Pieter Jansz Post (baptised May 1, 1608, Haarlem – buried May 8, 1669, The Hague) was a Dutch architect, painter and printmaker.
Biography
Post was 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]
His daughter married the anatomist and collector Frederik Ruysch. His granddaughter Rachel Ruysch became a painter.
(Some) buildings he designed
- 1642 Huis Dedel, The Hague
- 1643 Huis Prinsessegracht 4 (the Hague)
- 1645-1650 Huis ten Bosch (the Hague)
- 1645-1648 Gemeenlandshuis Zwanenburg, Halfweg
- 1649-1653 Huis De Onbeschaamde, Dordrecht
- 1652-1657 Gebouw van de Staten van Holland, (the Hague)
- 1655 Johan de Witt Huis, (the Hague)
- 1657-1658 De Waag, Leiden
- 1659-1685 Stadhuis, Maastricht
- 1659-1662 Kruithuis, Delft
- 1660 Hofje van Nieuwkoop (Den Haag),
- 1661-1662 Torendeel van Lambertuskerk in Buren
- 1662-1665 Kasteel Heeze, Heeze
- 1662-1680 Hervormde Kerk, Bennebroek
- 1663 Kerk van Stompetoren
- 1668- Kaaswaag, Gouda
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De Waag Leiden -
Kaaswaag Gouda -
Kaaswaag Gouda behind the city hall - detail from 1712 engraving -
Huis Zwanenburg, former Gemeenlandshuis of the Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland, in Halfweg -
Hofje van Nieuwkoop (Den Haag) -
Prinsessegracht 4 in The Hague, 1660, where the Confrerie Pictura was situated. -
Dutch Reformed church of Bennebroek, which was finished posthumously in 1680. -
One of the "towers" of the "Kruithuis" in Delft
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References
- ^ "The Getty: Pieter Post". Archived from the original on December 13, 2006. Retrieved October 24, 2006.
- ^ "Post, Pieter — Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved October 24, 2006.
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