Half Model of a 44-Gun Frigate

anonymous, c. 1796

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Geen geschutpoorten of dekken zijn aangegeven op dit model. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. De zeeg loopt iets op aan beide uiteinden, twee barkhouten en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant. Schaal ca. 1:44 (afgeleid).

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-309-2
  • Dimensionsheight 34.3 cm x width 134.2 cm x depth 17.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

anonymous

Half Model of a 44-Gun Frigate

Netherlands, c. 1796

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on an oval black label:2 / EENDRACHT. 40 St: / Geb: 1796
  • scale, top centre: paper scale in Amsterdam feet
  • label, bottom right:309 former inventory label

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-309-2

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a three-masted ship, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard.

The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. No gun ports are indicated. The sheer rises slightly towards both ends. Two wales and a sheer rail are indicated, all are painted black. The bow features an empty beakhead with two cheeks positioned directly on the beakhead, and a knighthead. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail or galleries. Below the stern a straight, square-headed rudder is indicated. The hull is slightly S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

Although Obreen mentions only one model with catalogue number 309,1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 309. two have been found (see model NG-MC-309-1). The 44-gun frigate Eendragt, 169 feet long, was built by Pieter Glavimans Jansz (1768-1850) in Rotterdam in 1796. Eendragt was broken up in Batavia in 1804.2HNA 1.01.47.36 Admiraliteitscolleges, Losse Aanwinsten, inv. no. 17, Genealogie Asmus.

Scale (on model) approx. 1:44.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 309

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 44-Gun Frigate, Netherlands, c. 1796', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053623

(accessed 12 December 2025 07:21:43).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 309.
  • 2HNA 1.01.47.36 Admiraliteitscolleges, Losse Aanwinsten, inv. no. 17, Genealogie Asmus.