View of the roofs of several houses and the church at Galle

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View of the roofs of several houses and the church at Galle

Brandes, Jan

View of the roofs of several houses and the church at Galle.

Depicted are, among others, the Black Fort, Company Warehouse and, in the distance, the Adams mountains.

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Is part of:

Galle

Creator

Brandes, Jan (draughtsman)

Period

1785

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

19,5 x 15,5 cm19,5 x 15,5 cm

Number

NG-1985-7-2-114

Owner

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Tags

fortification, building, warehouse, survey / view, house

Inscription

De stad Gale op Ceylon van de vlaggestok af te zien / hier is vervolgens de Haven van Gale

Sources and literature

Bruijn, M. de en R. Raben, The world of Jan Brandes, 1743-1808: Drawings of a Dutch traveller in Batavia, Ceylon and Southern Africa (2004)