Half Model of a Gunboat

anonymous, c. 1792

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een platbodem. Spits achterschip, breed roer met helmstok over dek. De zeeg is nagenoeg vlak, één barkhout. Deze gaffelkanonneerboot had één stuk voorop.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-417
  • Dimensionsheight 18.5 cm x width 63.8 cm x depth 9 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a Gunboat

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-417

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een platbodem. Spits achterschip, breed roer met helmstok over dek. De zeeg is nagenoeg vlak, één barkhout. Deze gaffelkanonneerboot had één stuk voorop.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label, centre left: ‘417’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Amsterdam (possibly)

  • Dating

    c. 1792

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 18.5 cm x width 63.8 cm x depth 9 cm

Explanatory note

  • Volgens Obreen was dit een ontwerp voor de verdediging van rivieren van de Admiraliteit van Amsterdam van 1792.

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1792

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 Gunboat

? Amsterdam, c. 1792

Inscriptions

  • label, centre left:417 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-417

Entry

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

The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. The sheer is almost flat. One wale is indicated. The stern is pointed and fitted with a broad rudder with a hand tiller. The hull is flat-bottomed and painted white below the waterline.

This type of gunboat had one gun in the bow. According to Obreen this model was a design for a gunboat intended for the defence of rivers, devised by the Admiralty of Amsterdam in 1792.1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 417.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 417

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Gunboat, Amsterdam, c. 1792', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053723

(accessed 3 augustus 2026 16:26:48 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 417.