Half Model of a Landing Craft

anonymous, c. 1804

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemast boot. Gesloten dek met een rechthoekig dekhuis in het midden. Rond voorschip met één kanon. Rond achterschip, breed roer met helmstok. De zeeg loopt op naar beide uiteinden, één barkhout. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-431
  • Dimensionsheight 18 cm x width 53 cm x depth 8 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a Landing Craft

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-431

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemast boot. Gesloten dek met een rechthoekig dekhuis in het midden. Rond voorschip met één kanon. Rond achterschip, breed roer met helmstok. De zeeg loopt op naar beide uiteinden, één barkhout. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription, top centre, on an oval white label: ‘LANDINGS / BOOT’

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1804

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 18 cm x width 53 cm x depth 8 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 Landing Craft

Netherlands, c. 1804

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on an oval white label:LANDINGS / BOOT

Conservation

  • Ab Hoving, 2010: restored

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-431

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a three-masted boat, mounted on a rectangular black, wooden backboard.

The side of the vessel is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds, above the deck the moulds are shown as frames. The deck is closed with a rectangular deckhouse in the middle. The bow is round and the stempost is cut to let one gun through. The sheer rises towards both ends. One wale is indicated, painted black. The stern is round and is fitted with a broad rudder with a hand tiller. The hull is flat-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts is shown in a truncated form.

Obreen dates this model, or the landing craft it portrays, to the year 1804.1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 431.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 431

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Landing Craft, 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/20053735

(accessed 7 augustus 2026 11:03:50 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 431.