Pieter Post in 1651. Portrait by Pieter Nolpe, detail of a larger work Pieter Jansz Post (1 May 1608 – buried 8 May 1669) was a

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and

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Biography

Post was baptised in Haarlem, the son of a

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painter and the older brother of painter Frans Post. 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. According to Houbraken he was a famous architect who introduced his brother Frans to

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while he was working on plans for the Mauritshuis.Pieter Post Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the

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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.Pieter Post
in the RKD He was the overseer from 1640 for the new additions to Paleis Noordeinde in The Hague. From 1645 he was the architect for Frederik Hendrik for Huis ten Bosch, where he worked together with Jacob van Campen. He died in

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, aged 61. His son

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became an architect, and his son Johan Post became a painter, 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,

*1643 Huis Prinsessegracht 4 (the Hague) *1645-1650 Huis ten Bosch (the Hague) *1645-1648

Gemeenlandshuis Zwanenburg The Gemeenlandshuis Zwanenburg () on the Haarlemmerstraatweg in Halfweg is a former Gemeenlandshuis of the Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland designed by Pieter Post and built 1645–1648. History The Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland built this b ...

, Halfweg *1649-1653 Huis De Onbeschaamde,

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*1652-1657 Gebouw van de Staten van Holland, (the Hague) *1655 Johan de Witt Huis, (the Hague) *1657-1658

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*1659-1685 Stadhuis,

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*1659-1662 Kruithuis,

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*1660 Hofje van Nieuwkoop (Den Haag), *1661-1662 Torendeel van Lambertuskerk in Buren *1662-1665 Kasteel Heeze,

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*1662-1680 Hervormde Kerk, Bennebroek *1663 Kerk van Stompetoren *1668- Kaaswaag,

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Gallery

File:Den Haag - Huis Ten Bosch 1900.jpg, Huis ten Bosch (the Hague), built 1645-1650 File:Den_Haag,_Mauritshuis_vanaf_Hofvijver_2006-05-29_16.12.JPG, Mauritshuis (The Hague) File:Waag Leiden.jpg, De Waag Leiden File:Gouda waaggebouw februari 2003.jpg, Kaaswaag Gouda File:Den Haag - Prinsegracht 15.JPG, Dedel House at Prinsegracht 15 in The hague File:Huis Zwanenburg te Halfweg 20090927.jpg,

, former seat of the '' Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland'' waterboard, in Halfweg File:Hofje van Nieuwkoop 002.jpg, Hofje van Nieuwkoop (Den Haag) File:Bennebroek-hervormde kerk.jpg, Dutch Reformed church of Bennebroek, which was finished posthumously in 1680. Image:DelftscheZwervers.jpg, One of the "towers" of the "Kruithuis" in Delft Image:StadhuisMaastricht,gravurePvdAa,naartekeningPieterPost,1666,1715.jpg,

city hall, considered Post's most accomplished work. After a drawing by Pieter Post

References

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