Half Model of a 74-Gun Ship of the Line

anonymous, c. 1806

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Geen geschutpoorten; bakdek en halfdek zijn te onderscheiden door gillingen. Twee slooiknieën aan de boeg. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Vrij vlakke zeeg, twee berghouten en één reehout. Vrij scherp onderwaterschip. Schaal ca. 1:55 (schaal op model).

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-279
  • Dimensionsheight 37 cm x width 130.6 cm x depth 15.3 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a 74-Gun Ship of the Line

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-279

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Geen geschutpoorten; bakdek en halfdek zijn te onderscheiden door gillingen. Twee slooiknieën aan de boeg. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Vrij vlakke zeeg, twee berghouten en één reehout. Vrij scherp onderwaterschip. Schaal ca. 1:55 (schaal op model).

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • scale, top left: paper scale in Amsterdam feet
    • label, bottom right: ‘279’ former inventory label
    • inscription, top, from left to right, on three oval paper labels (one painted black): ‘CHATHAM 80 St / GB 1799 // ADMIRAAL / PIET-HEIN / à 80 St / GB: 1806. // KONINGLYKE / HOLLANDER. / à 80 St / GB: 1804.’

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Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1806

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 37 cm x width 130.6 cm x depth 15.3 cm

Explanatory note

  • De opschriften zijn onbetrouwbaar. Volgens Obreen werd maar één schip volgens dit model gebouwd, de Admiraal Piet Hein van 195 voet, door P. Glavimans Jz. in Rotterdam in 1810-1813, gesloopt in 1819. Er is echter wel een 74-er Admiraal Piet Hein in Rotterdam op stapel gezet in 1806, op de helling reeds vervuurd en gesloopt in 1811.

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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 74-Gun Ship of the Line

Netherlands, c. 1806

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top, from left to right, on three oval paper labels (one painted black):CHATHAM 80 St / GB 1799 // ADMIRAAL / PIET-HEIN / à 80 St / GB: 1806. // KONINGLYKE / HOLLANDER. / à 80 St / GB: 1804.
  • scale, top left: paper scale in Amsterdam feet
  • label, bottom right:279 former inventory label

Conservation

  • Ab Hoving, augustus 2010: minor repairs; retouched

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-279

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 forecastle and quarterdeck are outlined by ribbands with square hances. The sheer rises slightly towards both ends. Two wales and a sheer rail are indicated. The bow features an empty beakhead with two curved cheeks positioned directly on the beakhead, a beakhead bulkhead, part of a beakhead platform and a bollard timber. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail or quarter galleries. It has a straight square-headed rudder. The hull is a little sharp and painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

The inscriptions on the model are unreliable. According to Obreen only one ship was built after this model:1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 279. the 74-gun ship of the line Admiraal Piet Hein, 195 feet long, built by Pieter Glavimans Jansz (1768-1850) in Rotterdam in 1810-13 and broken up in 1819. Another possibility is Admiraal Piet Hein of 74 guns, built in Rotterdam in 1806. Because of dry rot this ship was never launched and broken up in 1811.

Scale (on model) approx. 1:55.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 279

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 74-Gun Ship of the Line, Netherlands, c. 1806', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053596

(accessed 8 augustus 2026 01:27:56 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 279.