Praelium prope Portum Calvum, Frans Post, between 1645 and 1647

Battle of porto calvo; brazilian landscape with many soldiers and a battle in the middle, a large palm tree at right; titled in cartouche in top left; lettered a-f within composition; numbered 1-12 within composition; illustration to caspar barlaeus' "rerum per octennium in brasilia" (amsterdam: 1647) etching. Date: between 1645 and 1647. Dimensions: height: 39 cm (15.3 in); width: 50.8 cm (20 in). Collection: British Museum. Praelium prope Portum Calvum (Y,2.73)