Landscape on the Rio Senhor de Engenho, Brazil

This painting and the Brazilian landscape on view next to it are part of a series of landscapes that Frans Post painted on his return to the Netherlands from Brazil in 1644. The foreground figure carrying a basket on her head recurs regularly in his work.

Landscape on the Rio Senhor de Engenho, Brazil

This painting and the Brazilian landscape on view next to it are part of a series of landscapes that Frans Post painted on his return to the Netherlands from Brazil in 1644. The foreground figure carrying a basket on her head recurs regularly in his work.