Half Model of an Oared Gunboat

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord). De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten bij de boeg en in het achterschip. Platte spiegel, breed roer. De zeeg loopt naar voren iets op, één barkhout. Het is een roeisloep met gepiekt rondspant. Schaal ca. 1:22 (afgeleid).

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-421
  • Dimensionsheight 19 cm x width 78.5 cm x depth 9.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of an Oared Gunboat

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-421

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord). De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten bij de boeg en in het achterschip. Platte spiegel, breed roer. De zeeg loopt naar voren iets op, één barkhout. Het is een roeisloep met gepiekt rondspant. Schaal ca. 1:22 (afgeleid).

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • label, bottom right: ‘421’ former inventory label
    • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label: ‘ROEIKANONNEER / BOOT LANG 50 Vt.’

  • 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 19 cm x width 78.5 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 an Oared Gunboat

Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label:ROEIKANONNEER / BOOT LANG 50 Vt.
  • label, bottom right:421 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-421

Entry

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

The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. Near the bow and stern the gunwale is raised. The sheer rises slightly towards the bow. One wale is indicated. The stern has a square tuck, a taffrail and a broad rudder. The hull is slightly S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline.

Obreen dates this design to the early nineteenth century.1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 421.
Scale unknown.

Scale (derived) approx. 1:22.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 421

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of an Oared Gunboat, 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/20053727

(accessed 7 augustus 2026 18:53:51 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 421.