Half Model of a Tjalk

anonymous, 1780 - 1820

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een eenmast platbodem. De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten en heeft vier lange spuigaten. Rond achterschip, breed roer. De zeeg loopt naar beide uiteinden op, een barkhout.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-465
  • Dimensionswidth 18.3 cm, width 20.8 cm, length 85.6 cm x thickness 1.1 cm, depth 9.3 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a Tjalk

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-465

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een eenmast platbodem. De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten en heeft vier lange spuigaten. Rond achterschip, breed roer. De zeeg loopt naar beide uiteinden op, een barkhout.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label, bottom right: ‘465’ 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

    • width 18.3 cm
    • width 20.8 cm
    • length 85.6 cm x thickness 1.1 cm
    • depth 9.3 cm

This work is about

  • 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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  • Half Model of a Tjalk
  • Half Model of a Tjalk

anonymous

Half Model of a Tjalk

Netherlands, 1780 - 1820

Inscriptions

  • label, bottom right:465 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-465

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a single-masted, flat-bottomed vessel, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard, painted blue.

The side of the vessel is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds, above the wale the side is planked and features four long scupper holes. The stern is round and fitted with a broad rudder with a green-painted rudder head. The sheer rises towards both ends. One wale is indicated, painted black. The hull is flat-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of a single mast is shown in a truncated form.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 465

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Tjalk, 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/200315784

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