Half Model of a 54-Gun Ship of the Line

anonymous, c. 1782

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (bakboord) op kleine achterplaat. De huid boven het berghout is gesloten. Vijf en twintig geschutpoorten op twee dekken; bakdek en bovenkampanje door gillingen aangegeven. Het schegbeeld is een gekroonde leeuw. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, hek en zijgalerij van twee verdiepingen, met verguld snijwerk van wapentrofeeën en lofwerk. Onder het hek een lege rechthoekige cartouche. Recht roer met vierkante roerkoning in groot rond hennegat met versierde rand. Zeeg naar achteren oplopend, twee berghouten en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-265
  • Dimensionsheight 34 cm x width 139 cm x depth 19 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

anonymous

Half Model of a 54-Gun Ship of the Line

Netherlands, c. 1782

Conservation

  • Ab Hoving, april 2008: minor repairs; retouched
  • Davina Jakobi, augustus 2015: minor repairs

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-265

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the port side of a ship, mounted on a small wooden backboard.

The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. The side above the wale is closed. Twenty-five pierced gun ports are indicated in three tiers. The forecastle, quarterdeck and poop are fully planked, their hances end in floral volutes. The sheer rises aft. Two wales and the sheer rail are indicated, the lower wale is painted black. The bow features a beakhead with a carved figurehead of a crowned lion, two cheeks with a ribbed trail board, the upper cheek rising to form a hair bracket behind the figure, part of main rail, a beakhead bulkhead, platform, a black knighthead and a cathead. The stern has a round tuck, a hollow counter and two-storey quarter galleries decorated with gold-painted carvings of trophies and garlands. An empty rectangular cartouche is featured at the base of the taffrail. The model has a straight, square-headed rudder in a large, round and decorated helm port. The model has a fore channel, the main and mizzen channels are continuous. The hull is S-bottomed and is painted white below the waterline. No masts or bowsprit.

The model was identified by elimination only and its identification thus remains uncertain. According to Obreen the model ought to represent the 54-gun ship of the line Stad Goes,1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 265. 154 feet long, built in Zeeland in 1782.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 265

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 54-Gun Ship of the Line, Netherlands, c. 1782', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053582

(accessed 12 December 2025 14:16:20).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 265.