Half Model of a 20-Gun Hulk

anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1800

Gepolychromeerd blokmodel (stuurboord) van een platbodem, beschilderd in rood, zwart en wit; geen tuig aangegeven. Twaalf geschutpoorten op één dek; twee roeipoorten of spuigaten tussen ieder paar geschutpoorten. Rond achterschip zonder hek of zijgalerij; breed recht roer met grote krul als roerkop. Zeeg voor en achter iets oplopend, één barkhout en één reehout. Platbodem.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-333
  • Dimensionsheight 28 cm x width 104.5 cm x depth 13 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a 20-Gun Hulk

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-333

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd blokmodel (stuurboord) van een platbodem, beschilderd in rood, zwart en wit; geen tuig aangegeven. Twaalf geschutpoorten op één dek; twee roeipoorten of spuigaten tussen ieder paar geschutpoorten. Rond achterschip zonder hek of zijgalerij; breed recht roer met grote krul als roerkop. Zeeg voor en achter iets oplopend, één barkhout en één reehout. Platbodem.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label, bottom right: ‘333’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1700 - c. 1800

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 28 cm x width 104.5 cm x depth 13 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 20-Gun Hulk

Netherlands, c. 1700 - c. 1800

Inscriptions

  • label, bottom right:333 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-333

Entry

Polychromed wooden half block model of the starboard side of a flat-bottomed ship, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard.

The side of the ship is carved from a solid block of wood and is painted brown. The deck is flush. Twelve recessed black gun ports are situated on one continuous deck. Oar ports or scuppers are placed next to each gun port, except for the foremost and aftermost. The sheer rises towards both ends. One wale and a sheer rail are indicated, the former is painted black. The stern is round. The model has a straight, broad rudder with a large scroll on the head. The hull has a flat bottom and is painted white below the waterline. The model shows no masts or bowsprit.

In his catalogue of 1858 Obreen calls this model a design for a 20-gun hulk,1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 333. but no further historical information could be found to support this.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 333

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 20-Gun Hulk, Netherlands, c. 1700 - c. 1800', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053645

(accessed 7 augustus 2026 18:03:13 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 333.