Skip to Main Content

 Admission is always freeOpen today: 10:00  to 5:00  Directions             Play Artle            

                  -  Visit                      - Visit
                    - Getting Here
                    - Accessibility
                    - Tours, Guides & Maps
                    - Food & Drink
                    - Gallery Shops
                    - Visitor Policies 
                  -  Collection                      - Collection
                    - Highlights
                    - Search the Collection
                    - Artists Search
                    - Acquisition Highlights
                    - Stories
                    - Games 
                  -  Exhibitions                      - Exhibitions
                    - Current
                    - Special Installations
                    - Upcoming
                    - On Tour
                    - Past 
                  -  Calendar                      - Calendar
                    - Films
                    - Performances
                    - Talks
                    - Guided Tours
                    - After Hours
                    - Fun for Kids
                    - Festivals
                    - Workshops 
                  -  Learn                      - Learn
                    - Teachers
                    - Families
                    - Teens
                    - Adults
                    - Learning Resources
                    - Music Programs
                    - Film Programs 
                  -  Conservation                      - Conservation
                    - Projects
                    - Publications
                    - Resources 
                  -  Research                      - Research
                    - The Center
                    - Publications
                    - Make an Appointment
                    - Archives
                    - Library
                    - NGA Online Editions 
                  -  Support                      - Support
                    - Donate Now
                    - National Membership
                    - Circle Membership
                    - Leadership Groups
                    - Planned Giving
                    - Major Giving
                    - Gifts of Art 
                  -  Shop                      - Shop
                    - Books
                    - Jewelry
                    - Apparel & Accessories
                    - Kids
                    - NGA Custom Prints 
                  -  Play Artle

Home>Plan Your Visit>Tours, Guides, and Maps>Self-Guided Tours>Audio Stop 958

# Audio Stop 958

Your browser does not support this audio player.

There was a problem loading this track.Loading

00:0000:00

oil on woodboardMuseu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, Gift of Antenor Rezende, 1951

Frans Post

## *Landscape with Anteater*, c. 1660

NARRATOR:Frans Post, an artist of the so-called Dutch Golden Age, was the first European to paint landscapes in the Americas. His idyllic depictions of Dutch Brazil were intended for a European audience and read almost like travel posters celebrating the wealth and abundance of the colonial lands.The way Post portrays the people in his painting draws the attention of exhibition advisory board member and Howard University professor of history Ana Lucia Araujo.ANA LUCIA ARAUJO:The way the Black body is represented in this painting is very similar to other representations that we see during the period, they are represented as a sort of detail in this painting.  They are not intended to be the most prominent element. They are represented as being part of the nature that is related to this idea of exoticism, that people of color, indigenous people, and Africans and the animals and the fauna and the flora, they are part of the same setting, whereas Europeans, they are something different.It is significant because it reflects this view that Europeans were building at the time about Africans and indigenous populations as this other. They are something else. And this is why we can enslave them, this is why the Portuguese, the Dutch, the Europeans, they could justify the enslavement of these populations, because they were not part of their same group, of their same ‘civilization,’ within quotation marks.  The painting raises a number of questions that contemporary artists are now working about; that is the idea of race, who is seen, what is hidden, what is visible, and what is not.

Afro-Atlantic Histories

Stop not found. Please try a different number.

### Stay connected

Learn more about our exhibitions, news, programs, and special offers.

About
          - About the National Gallery
          - Stories
          - Press
          - FAQs
          - Contact Us

Plan a Visit
          - Getting Here
          - Accessibility
          - Today's Tours
          - Food & Drink
          - Calendar
          - Downloadable Map

Get Involved
          - Donate
          - Membership
          - Volunteer
          - Opportunities
          - Shop Online

Resources
          - Search the Collection
          - Conservation
          - Library
          - Archives
          - The Center
          - Film Programs
          - Music Programs
          - Audio/Video
          - Open Access Images

Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily

**West Building**6th St and Constitution Ave NW*Enter or exit from Constitution Avenue, 4th Street, or 7th Street. The Madison Drive entrance is currently closed.*

**East Building**4th St and Constitution Ave NW*Enter and exit from 4th Street.*

**Sculpture Garden**7th St and Constitution Ave NW*Enter and exit from 7th Street, Constitution Avenue, or Madison Drive.*

We are closed on December 25 and January 1.

*The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.*

          -  Twitter 
          -  Facebook 
          -  Instagram 
          -  Pinterest 
          -  YouTube 

© 2024 National Gallery of Art   Notices   Terms of Use   Privacy Policy