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Half Model of a 32-Gun Frigate
anonymous, c. 1796
Mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Twaalf geschutpoorten op één dek. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning en kiel met hiel. De zeeg loopt iets op aan beide uiteinden, één barkhout en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant. Schaal ca. 1:55 (afgeleid).
- Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
- Object numberNG-MC-310
- Dimensionsheight 28.3 cm x width 91.9 cm x depth 12.2 cm
- Physical characteristicswood and paint
Identification
Title(s)
Half Model of a 32-Gun Frigate
Object type
Object number
NG-MC-310
Description
Mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Twaalf geschutpoorten op één dek. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning en kiel met hiel. De zeeg loopt iets op aan beide uiteinden, één barkhout en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant. Schaal ca. 1:55 (afgeleid).
Inscriptions / marks
inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label: ‘EMBUSCADE. 1796’
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Creation
Creation
model maker: anonymous, Netherlands
Dating
c. 1796
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Physical description
wood and paint
Dimensions
height 28.3 cm x width 91.9 cm x depth 12.2 cm
Explanatory note
Het fregat van 32 stukken Jonge Willem, lang 140 voet, werd in 1795 gekocht van de VOC, toen het in Rotterdam nog op stapel stond. Afgebouwd door P. Glavimans Jz. in 1796; herdoopt Embuscade.
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...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
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anonymous
Half Model of a 32-Gun Frigate
Netherlands, c. 1796
Inscriptions
- inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label:EMBUSCADE. 1796
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-310
Entry
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. Twelve gun ports are indicated by white frames situated on one continuous deck, one gun port is damaged and another is missing. The sheer rises slightly towards both ends. One wale and a sheer rail are indicated. The bow features an empty beakhead and a knighthead. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail or quarter galleries. Below the stern a straight, square-headed rudder and a keel with a skeg are indicated. The hull is slightly S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline.
The 32-gun frigate Jonge Willem, 140 feet long, was bought from the Dutch East India Company in Rotterdam in 1795 while it was still on the stocks.1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 310. Pieter Glavimans Jansz (1768-1850) finished building the frigate in 1796, after which it entered service as the Embuscade. Embuscade was captured by the British at the Vlieter in 1799.2HNA 1.01.47.36 Admiraliteitscolleges, Losse Aanwinsten, inv. no. 17, Genealogie Asmus.
Scale (derived) approx. 1:55.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 310
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 32-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/20053624
(accessed 12 December 2025 05:34:54).Footnotes
- 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 310.
- 2HNA 1.01.47.36 Admiraliteitscolleges, Losse Aanwinsten, inv. no. 17, Genealogie Asmus.