Landscape in Dutch Brazil — Frans Jansz. Post

Frans Jansz. Post. Painted 1652.

The Dutch West India Company seized the lucrative sugar industry from the Portuguese. Sugar cane was cultivated on plantations like the one depicted in this painting. A sugar mill can be seen in the centre, under the canopy. Violence was used to force people in slavery to do the work. What is portrayed as an idyll for the Dutch viewers was a gruesome reality for them.

From the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Currently on display in Main building, 17th Century, Painting.

canvas, oil paint (paint) · Original size: 210.5 × 282.5 cm · Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum

Print: 88.7 × 119 cm, printed on Hahnemühle FineArt archival cotton paper. Museum-grade reproduction quality, true to the colours and detail of the original work.

Frame (optional): a custom-made wooden frame in a matte black finish, cut to the exact dimensions of this print, with an off-white passe-partout mat and protective glazing. Ready to hang.

Source: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200109785. Image released under CC0 by the Rijksmuseum.