Half Model of a 16-Gun Brig

anonymous, c. 1795 - c. 1796

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een tweemaster. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg naar achteren oplopend, één barkhout. Iets gepiekt rondspant. Het is onduidelijk of het opschrift verwijzend naar de Galathe bij dit model hoort. Schaal ca. 1:55 (afgeleid).

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-358
  • Dimensionsheight 26.6 cm x width 82.6 cm x depth 10 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a 16-Gun Brig

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-358

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een tweemaster. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg naar achteren oplopend, één barkhout. Iets gepiekt rondspant. Het is onduidelijk of het opschrift verwijzend naar de Galathe bij dit model hoort. Schaal ca. 1:55 (afgeleid).

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription, top centre, on two rectangular black labels: ‘GALATHE. 1795 // DAPHNE. 1796’
    • label, bottom right: ‘358’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Rotterdam (possibly)

  • Dating

    c. 1795 - c. 1796

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 26.6 cm x width 82.6 cm x depth 10 cm

Explanatory note

  • De brik van 16 stukken Galathe werd in 1795 te Rotterdam door P. Glavimans Jz. gebouwd; afgekeurd en gesloopt in Oost-Indië in 1806. De brik van 16 stukken Daphne, lang 114 voet, werd in 1796 ook door P. Glavimans Jz. in Rotterdam gebouwd; in 1801 omgebouwd tot korvet.

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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 16-Gun Brig

? Rotterdam, c. 1795 - c. 1796

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on two rectangular black labels:GALATHE. 1795 // DAPHNE. 1796
  • label, bottom right:358 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-358

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a two-masted ship, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard.

The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. The sheer rises at the stern. One wale and a sheer rail are indicated, both are painted black. The bow features an empty beakhead with two cheeks and a bollard timber. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. Below the stern a straight, square-headed rudder is indicated. The hull is slightly S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of two masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

The 16-gun brig Galathe, 114 feet long, was built by Pieter Glavimans Jansz (1768-1850) in Rotterdam in 1795. Galathe was captured by the British at the Vlieter in 1799. The 16-gun brig Daphne, 114 feet long, was built by Glavimans a year later. This brig was converted and upgraded to a sloop of war in 1801. After being penned in the Spanish port of Malaga by a British blockade, Galathe was handed over by the Dutch to the befriended Spanish Navy.1HNA 1.01.47.36 Admiraliteitscolleges, Losse Aanwinsten, inv. no. 17, Genealogie Asmus.

Scale (derived) approx. 1:55.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, nos. 358-359

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 16-Gun Brig, Rotterdam, c. 1795 - c. 1796', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053670

(accessed 3 augustus 2026 22:30:17 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1HNA 1.01.47.36 Admiraliteitscolleges, Losse Aanwinsten, inv. no. 17, Genealogie Asmus.