Half Model of a 32-Gun Sloop of War

anonymous, c. 1830

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Twintig geschutpoorten aangegeven op twee dekken. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van het hek, geen zijgalerij; roer met ronde roerkoning (Soetermeers versie), roerblad afgerond bij de waterlijn. Zeeg voor en achter iets oplopend, één barkhout en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-330
  • Dimensionsheight 37 cm x width 135 cm x depth 16.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

anonymous

Half Model of a 32-Gun Sloop of War

Netherlands, c. 1830

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label:Corvet / 32 Stukken
  • label, bottom right:330 former inventory label

Conservation

  • Ab Hoving, augustus 2010: minor repairs; mizzenmast and bowsprit added

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-330

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. Twenty gun ports are indicated by white frames indicated in two tiers, some are damaged or missing. The sheer is almost flat. One wale and a sheer rail are indicated, both are painted black. The bow features an empty beakhead. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail or quarter galleries. Below the stern a round-headed rudder (Soetermeer’s version) that is rounded at the waterline is indicated. The hull is S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

The model has twenty gun ports, suggesting that the inscription, which refers to a 32-gun sloop of war, may not belong to this model. However no historical documentation could be found to confirm this suggestion.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 330

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 32-Gun Sloop of War, Netherlands, c. 1830', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053642

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