Fragment of a Ship Flag

anonymous, anonymous, anonymous, 1570 - 1630

Fragment van een witte scheepsvlag met rood knuppelkruis.

  • Artwork typeship flag
  • Object numberNG-MC-1889-83-1
  • Dimensionsheight 285 cm x width 270 cm
  • Physical characteristicswool

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Fragment of a Ship Flag

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-1889-83-1

  • Description

    Fragment van een witte scheepsvlag met rood knuppelkruis.

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Creation

  • Creation

    • maker: anonymous, Spain (possibly)
    • maker: anonymous, Northern Netherlands (possibly)
    • maker: anonymous, Southern Netherlands (possibly)

  • Dating

    1570 - 1630

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wool

  • Dimensions

    height 285 cm x width 270 cm

Explanatory note

  • Deze Bourgondische vlag komt vanaf 1408 of 1411 voor, aanvankelijk met een blauw kruis, maar sinds Karel V met rood kruis.

This work is about

  • Subject

  • Period

    1570 - 1630

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1889

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anonymous, anonymous, anonymous

Fragment of a Ship Flag

? Spain, ? Northern Netherlands, ? Southern Netherlands, 1570 - 1630

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1889

Object number: NG-MC-1889-83-1

Entry

Fragment of a white ship flag with a ragged red cross.

This originally Burgundian flag design was used from 1408 or 1411 onwards, originally with a blue cross, but from emperor Charles V’s reign onwards with a red cross and was used on ships from both Spain and its territories.

Literature

C. King, ‘Flags in Marine Art’, The Mariner’s Mirror 22 (1936), no. 2, pp. 133-61, p. 136; M. van den Brandhof, Vlaggen, vaandels en standaarden van het Rijksmuseum. Een geïllustreerde catalogus, Amsterdam 1977, no. 105; T. Wilson, Flags at Sea, London 1986, pp. 54-55

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous or anonymous or anonymous, Fragment of a Ship Flag, Spain or Northern Netherlands or Southern Netherlands, 1570 - 1630', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054323

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