Object data
wood and paint
height 31.5 cm × width 130.4 cm × depth 14.8 cm
anonymous
Half Model of a 20-Gun Sloop of War
? Netherlands, France, c. 1780 - c. 1820
Inscriptions
- inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label: CORVET a 20 STUKKEN / F M
- label, bottom right: former inventory label
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-963
Copyright: Public domain
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. Ten gun ports and a smaller porthole are indicated by white frames, indicating one deck. The forecastle and quarterdeck are outlined by ribbands and have square hances. The round bow features an empty beakhead with two cheeks. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail, galleries or rudder. The sheer rises towards both ends. One wale and a sheer rail are indicated, painted black. The hull is sharply S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.
‘FM’ in the inscription most likely refers to ‘French Model’ (in Dutch: Frans Model).
Scale unknown.
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 963
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 20-Gun Sloop of War, Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244777
(accessed 26 April 2024 05:31:52).