Half Model of a 90-Gun Ship of the Line

anonymous, c. 1804

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Veertig geschutpoorten verdeeld over drie dekken. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. De zeeg loopt op aan beide uiteinden, twee berghouten en één reehout. Het onderwaterschip is een flauwe S-spant. Schaal ca. 1:55 (afgeleid).

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-280-1
  • Dimensionsheight 36.5 cm x width 140.9 cm x depth 15.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

anonymous

Half Model of a 90-Gun Ship of the Line

Netherlands, c. 1804

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on a square black metal label:PIET HEIN.
  • label, bottom right:280 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-280-1

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. Forty gun ports are indicated by white frames in three tiers; some are damaged or missing. 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, all are painted black. The bow features an empty beakhead, with the upper cheek indicated directly on the beakhead, a beakhead bulkhead and part of a beakhead platform. 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 slightly S-bottomed and is painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

Although Obreen mentions only one model number 280,1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 280. two have been found: this one and model NG-MC-280-2. The ship of the line De Ruyter, 195 feet long, was built by Pieter Glavimans Jansz (1768-1850) in Rotterdam from 1804 to 1806. The ship was renamed Piet Hein, Rotterdam, Hollandais and finally Koninklijke Hollander before it was broken up in 1819.2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 3.

Scale (derived) approx. 1:55.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 280; A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 3

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 90-Gun Ship of the Line, Netherlands, c. 1804', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053597

(accessed 9 December 2025 18:43:41).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 280.
  • 2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 3.