Half Model of the Stern of a 74-Gun Ship of the Line

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

ObjectNumber: NG-MC-90

Frame model (starboard) of the stern of a ship, mounted on a backboard. The side above the lower wale is planked, ribbands on frame moulds are indicated beneath the waterline. Five gun ports in the side are visible, three of which have lids. It has a round tuck showing four filling transoms and a cant timber and a hollow counter with one gun port. The taffrail is decorated with angels, trophies and foliage and has two storeys, the upper storey has a sternwalk. The quarter gallery has two storeys and is also decorated with foliage. The sheer rises towards the stern, two wales and a sheer rail are indicated.

The decorations are identical to model NG-MC-91 and both models are probably from the same maker.

The 74-gun ship of the line Prins Maurits, after which this model was made, was built by Willem Lodewijk van Gent in 1783 in Amsterdam, measuring 179 feet in length.¹¹J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 90. It was renamed Dappere in 1795, but was broken up soon afterwards in February 1796.

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 90

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of the Stern of a 74-Gun Ship of the Line, Amsterdam, c. 1783 - c. 1796', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.242815