Map of the fort at Galle

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Map of the fort at Galle

Vingboons, Johannes

Map of the fort at Galle.

De fortificatie van de Stadt Galen, met haar / Loopende straaten op 't Eijlandt Zeijlon.

The map was drawn in 1663 and copied between 1665 and 1668, probably in Johannes Vingboons' studio. The plate was taken from the Blaeu-Van der Hem Atlas.

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Is part of:

Galle

Creator

Vingboons, Johannes (assigned to)

Period

1665 - 1668

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

46 x 61,5 cm46 x 61,5 cm

Number

Van der Hem 39:06

Owner

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Tags

Map/Chart/Plan, fortification, bazaar / market, building, hospital / lazaret, church / parsonage, garden / ornamental garden, factory / workshop, warehouse, gate, guard house / tollbooth, prison, ship / vessel

Inscription

De fortificatie van de Stadt Galen, met haar / Loopende straaten op 't Eijlandt Zeijlon

Sources and literature

Krogt, Peter van der, The Atlas Blaeu - Van der Hem: of the Austrian National Library (2005)