Half Model of a 20-Gun Sloop of War

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Tien geschutpoorten en een kleine poort op één dek. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van hek, zijgalerij of roer. Zeeg naar voren en naar achter oplopend, één barkhout en één reehout. Scherp gepiekt rondspant. 'FM' in het opschrift betekent vermoedelijk Frans Model.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-963
  • Dimensionsheight 31.5 cm x width 130.4 cm x depth 14.8 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a 20-Gun Sloop of War

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-963

  • Description

    Mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Tien geschutpoorten en een kleine poort op één dek. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van hek, zijgalerij of roer. Zeeg naar voren en naar achter oplopend, één barkhout en één reehout. Scherp gepiekt rondspant. 'FM' in het opschrift betekent vermoedelijk Frans Model.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • label, bottom right: former inventory label
    • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label: ‘CORVET a 20 STUKKEN / F M’

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    • model maker: anonymous, Netherlands (possibly)
    • after design by anonymous, France

  • Dating

    c. 1780 - c. 1820

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 31.5 cm x width 130.4 cm x depth 14.8 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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anonymous

Half Model of a 20-Gun Sloop of War

? Netherlands, France, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label:CORVET a 20 STUKKEN / F M
  • label, bottom right: former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-963

Entry

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

The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. Ten gun ports and a smaller porthole are indicated by white frames, indicating one deck. The forecastle and quarterdeck are outlined by ribbands and have square hances. The round bow features an empty beakhead with two cheeks. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail, galleries or rudder. The sheer rises towards both ends. One wale and a sheer rail are indicated, painted black. The hull is sharply S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

‘FM’ in the inscription most likely refers to ‘French Model’ (in Dutch: Frans Model).

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 963

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 20-Gun Sloop of War, 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/20054036

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