Traitors in Jaffnapatnam being executed (1658). 
<p>Shortly after Jaffnapatnam was captured by the VOC, a part of the garrison embarked on an expedition to Negapatnam. The captured Portuguese attempted, together with Portuguese employed by the VOC and a number of Ceylonese, to take advantage of the situation and seize back power. The attempt failed and the traitors were tortured, hung and beheaded. 
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Two men have climbed on the roof the better to see the execution.
Anoniem / Anonymous (engraver / etcher), Johannes Janssonius Waasbergen (publisher)
circa 1672 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1672-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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