Portraits of the governors general. At the head of the VOC administration in Asia was the governor general, the chairman of the East Indies Council, which met in Batavia. The Council's assembly chamber at the Castle in Batavia was the focal point of Dutch power. Along the walls hung the portraits of all the past governors general, symbolising the continuity of the Dutch presence. Smaller copies at the Company's offices in the Netherlands represented the VOC's power in Asia. The copies displayed here probably come from the VOC's Rotterdam Chamber. Some of the portraits from the series that hung in Batavia are displayed above in the VOC gallery that circles this room.

Pieter Both, 1610-1614
Gerard Reynst, 1614-1615
Laurens Reael,1615-1619
Jan Pietersz Coen, 1619-1623 and 1627-1629
Pieter de Carpentier, 1623-1627
Jacques Specx, 1629-1632
Hendrick Brouwer, 1632-1636
Antonio van Diemen, 1636-1645
Cornelis van der Lijn, 1645-1650
Karel Reiniersz, 1650-1653
Joan Maetsuycker, 1653-1678
Rycklof van Goens, 1678-1681
Cornelis Speelman, 1681-1684
Johannes Camphuys, 1684-1691
Willem van Outshoorn, 1691-1704
Abraham van Riebeeck, 1709-1713
Christoffel van Swoll, 1713-1718
Hendrick Zwaardecroon, 1718-1725
Mattheus de Haan, 1725-1729

The portrait of Joan van Hoorn, 1704-1709, is missing.