# View of Olinda, Brazil [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [POST, Frans]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 108 x 173 cm ## Commentary Post continued painting Brazilian and West Indian scenes after his return to Haarlem in 1644. The muted colour schemes and often rather naive nature of his early landscapes executed in brazil now made way for more skilfully composed scenes with greater colour contrasts. Olinda had been the capital of Pernambuco province in the days of Portugal rule. The Dutch captured it in 1630 and burned it to the ground. On the left are the remains of the cathedral. ## Related artworks - [A Brazilian Landscape]() - [Brazilian Landscape \(detail\)]() - [Brazilian Landscape]() - [Brazilian Landscape with Anteater]() - [Brazilian Landscape with Labourers]() - [Hacienda]() - [Landscape in Brazil]() - [The Church of Sts Cosmas and Damian and the Franciscan Monastery at Igaraçu, Brazil]() - [The Home of a "Labrador" in Brazil]() - [The Ox Cart]() - [View of Frederiksstad in Paraiba, Brazil]() - [View of Olinda, Brazil \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()