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Technical details
128 pages, hardcover, 28.6 x 21.6 cm, landscape format, 86 color illustrations.
Bilingual French/Portuguese edition.
Publication date
2005Related event
Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée du Louvre from September 28, 2005 to January 2, 2006.
Period
17th centuryISBN French88-7439-273-7
ISBN Portuguese88-7439-281-8
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Frans Post discovered Brazil in 1636 on a trip with the Prince of Orange. Struck by the light and beauty of the tropics, he painted the first known landscapes of the New World, creating snapshots of the daily life, people and customs of the period.