Half Model of a Launch

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een roeiboot. Het boeisel boven het barkhout is gesloten. Tien scheegaten zijn aangegeven. Platte spiegel met hekkebord. De zeeg loopt op naar beide uiteinden, één barkhout. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-449
  • Dimensionsheight 12 cm x width 56.5 cm x depth 7.3 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a Launch

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-449

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een roeiboot. Het boeisel boven het barkhout is gesloten. Tien scheegaten zijn aangegeven. Platte spiegel met hekkebord. De zeeg loopt op naar beide uiteinden, één barkhout. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label, bottom left: ‘449’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1780 - c. 1820

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 12 cm x width 56.5 cm x depth 7.3 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 Launch

Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Inscriptions

  • label, bottom left:449 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-449

Entry

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

The side of the vessel is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds, the gunwale is planked and painted yellow and red. The model has a pointed bow; the stern has a square tuck with a transom. The stempost is curved, the sternpost is straight. The sheer rises towards both ends. The hull is S-bottomed and painted white below the wale.

According to Obreen this type of launch was called a Marquise.1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 449.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 449

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Launch, Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053750

(accessed 3 augustus 2026 23:37:38 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 449.