Lovely artwork though is it a Cutlass? Certainly it shows the Lionhead potential for a Castane or Dutch derivative sword. The Dutch were there for a whole lot longer than that but as you point out these were the dates for their official period in Sri Lanka at the time. He has a Globe which looks like an Ortelius Dutch map / chartmaker.
This was one of the finest Dutch Admirals in History~ Please See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiel_de_Ruyter