Half Model of a Landing Craft

anonymous, 1780 - 1820

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een spitsgat sloep, breed roer met helmstok. De zeeg loopt op naar beide uiteinden. Dubbel knikspant.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-430
  • Dimensionsheight 15.5 cm x width 62.2 cm x depth 9.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a Landing Craft

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-430

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een spitsgat sloep, breed roer met helmstok. De zeeg loopt op naar beide uiteinden. Dubbel knikspant.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label, bottom right: ‘430’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    1780 - 1820

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 15.5 cm x width 62.2 cm x depth 9.5 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, 1780 - 1820

Inscriptions

  • label, bottom right:430 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-430

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a launch, mounted on a rectangular blue, wooden backboard.

The side of the vessel is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. Pointed ends. The sheer rises towards both ends. The gunwale is painted black. The stempost is curved, the sternpost is straight. A broad rudder with a hand tiller is fitted to the stern. The hull has a V-shaped bottom and is painted white below the waterline.

Obreen refers to this model as a landing craft.1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 430.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 430

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Landing Craft, Netherlands, 1780 - 1820', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053734

(accessed 7 augustus 2026 09:49:04 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 430.