Pieter Post

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

[1] He is credited with the creation of the Dutch baroque style of architecture, along with his longtime collaborator Jacob van Campen.

[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] From 1645 he was the architect for Frederik Hendrik for Huis ten Bosch, where he worked together with Jacob van Campen.

Pieter Post in 1651. Portrait by Pieter Nolpe, detail of a larger work
Count William II of Holland Granting Privileges to the Dike Wardens of Spaarndam in 1255 by Caesar van Everdingen (figures) and Pieter Post (architectural elements), 1654 ( Gemeenlandshuis van Rijnland , Leiden )