Model of a Pile Driver in Loose Parts

anonymous, c. 1800

De lange poot heeft onder een sleuf en is boven van een katrol voorzien.

  • Artwork typedemonstration model
  • Object numberNG-MC-44
  • Dimensionspart 1: length 51.8 cm x diameter 8 mm x diameter 9 mm, part 2: length 44.2 cm x diameter 6 mm x diameter 8 mm, part 3: length 44.1 cm x diameter 6 mm x diameter 8 mm, part 4: length 42 cm x diameter 4 mm x diameter 5 mm, part 5: length 41.9 cm x diameter 3 mm x diameter 5 mm
  • Physical characteristicswood and brass

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Model of a Pile Driver in Loose Parts

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-44

  • Description

    De lange poot heeft onder een sleuf en is boven van een katrol voorzien.

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands (possibly)

  • Dating

    c. 1800

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and brass

  • Dimensions

    • part 1: length 51.8 cm x diameter 8 mm x diameter 9 mm
    • part 2: length 44.2 cm x diameter 6 mm x diameter 8 mm
    • part 3: length 44.1 cm x diameter 6 mm x diameter 8 mm
    • part 4: length 42 cm x diameter 4 mm x diameter 5 mm
    • part 5: length 41.9 cm x diameter 3 mm x diameter 5 mm

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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

Model of a Pile Driver in Loose Parts

? Netherlands, c. 1800

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-44

Entry

Model of a piledriver in loose parts.1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 44. The five legs have brass pikes at their base. The longest leg has a slot at the base and a sheave at the top.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 44

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Pile Driver in Loose Parts, Netherlands, c. 1800', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053200

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Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 44.