Brazilian Village, Frans Jansz Post, 1675 - 1680
oil on panel, h 20.5cm × w 26.5cm More details
The province of Pernambuco, which the Dutch captured from the Portuguese, was home to many different ethnic groups. In the foreground we see indigenous Brazilian people, in the middle ground a Dutch couple strolling towards the veranda, and at the railing a veiled Portuguese woman and a man with a basket on his head.
