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Tomb of Jan van Galen
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Tomb of Jan van Galen

Anthonie Heeres Siverdtsma · in or after 1653 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Tomb of the fleet commander Jan van Galen in the New Church in Amsterdam. He lies in armor on a pedestal, on which also cannons, quivers with arrows and spears lie. On the pedestal an image of a sea battle with below it an epitaph in Dutch. At the top his coat of arms and a biography in Latin.

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printJan van Galengrave, tomb
Credit lineGraftombe van Jan van Galen. in or after 1653. Anthonie Heeres Siverdtsma. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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