
Cornelis Steiger
Fort Galle
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Fort Galle” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Colombo, Gallen, and Jaffna were the most important towns for the VOC on Sri Lanka. The first sight to greet those approaching Colombo from the sea was the governor’s residence, with a church and the VOC’s adjacent wharf. Behind the palace sprawled a large garden where vegetables were grown
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-T-1902-A-4669
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain






















