Pieter Jansz Post (1 May 1608 – buried 8 May 1669) was a Dutch Golden Age architect, painter and printmaker.

Biography

Post was baptised in Haarlem, 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] 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.[3]

According to the RKD he became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1623, and became painter and architect for Stadhouder Frederik Hendrik.[4] He was the overseer from 1640 for the new additions to Paleis Noordeinde in The Hague.[4] From 1645 he was the architect for Frederik Hendrik for Huis ten Bosch, where he worked together with Jacob van Campen.[4] He died in The Hague, aged 61. His son Maurits became an architect, and his son Johan Post became a painter,[4] and his daughter married the anatomist and collector Frederik Ruysch. His granddaughter Rachel Ruysch became a famous flower 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

Gallery

• 
  Huis ten Bosch (the Hague), built 1645-1650
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  Mauritshuis (The Hague)
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  De Waag Leiden
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  Kaaswaag Gouda
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  Dedel House at Prinsegracht 15 in The hague
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  Gemeenlandshuis Zwanenburg, former seat of the Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland waterboard, in Halfweg
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  Hofje van Nieuwkoop (Den Haag)
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  Dutch Reformed church of Bennebroek, which was finished posthumously in 1680.
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  One of the "towers" of the "Kruithuis" in Delft
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  Maastricht city hall, considered Post's most accomplished work. After a drawing by Pieter Post

References

External links

• Media related to Pieter Post at Wikimedia Commons
• Pieter Post on Artnet

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