Half Model of a 20-Gun Sloop of War

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. De huid boven het barkhout gesloten. Tien geschutpoorten aangegeven op één dek, dat gesloten is. Gewrongen spiegel, gesloten hol wulf, geen details van het hek, geen zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg voor en achter iets oplopend, één barkhout. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-328
  • Dimensionsheight 30 cm x width 104.5 cm x depth 13 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a 20-Gun Sloop of War

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-328

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. De huid boven het barkhout gesloten. Tien geschutpoorten aangegeven op één dek, dat gesloten is. Gewrongen spiegel, gesloten hol wulf, geen details van het hek, geen zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg voor en achter iets oplopend, één barkhout. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • label, bottom right: ‘328’ former inventory label
    • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label: ‘CORVET a 20 STUKKEN.’

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1780 - c. 1820

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 30 cm x width 104.5 cm x depth 13 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ...; 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 20-Gun Sloop of War

Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label:CORVET a 20 STUKKEN.
  • label, bottom right:328 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-328

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. The side above the wale is planked. Ten recessed gun ports are situated on one continuous deck. The sheer rises towards both ends. One wale and a sheer rail are indicated, both are painted black. The bow features an empty beakhead and a black knighthead. The stern has a round tuck and the hollow counter is closed. The model does not have a taffrail or quarter galleries. Below the stern a straight, square-headed rudder is indicated. The hull is S-bottomed and painted below the waterline. The keel drops slightly towards the stern. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 328

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: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053640

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