View of Galle

Decker, Coenraet / Kip, Johannes

View of the harbour at Galle from the east, showing a piece of land in the foreground peopled by several figures.

Pencil inscription on the reverse of the Rijksmuseum print reads: D I, t.p. 306.

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Is part of:

Galle

Creator

Decker, Coenraet (assigned to engraver / etcher)

Kip, Johannes (assigned to engraver / etcher)

Period

1676

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Kind

Dimension

203 x 294 mm203 x 294 mm

Number

RP-P-OB-47-463

Owner

Rijksmuseum AmsterdamMaritiem Museum Rotterdam

Inscription

de Stadt Puncto Galle opt Eylant Ceilon

Sources and literature

Schouten, Wouter, Oost-Indische Voyagie: Vervattende voorname voorvallen en bloedige zee- en landtgevechten tegen de Portugeezen en Makassaren 1658-1665 (1676)

Silva, R.K. de en W.G.M. Beumer, Illustrations and Views of Dutch Ceylon 1602 - 1796 (1988)