Halfmodel van een linieschip van 64 stukken

anoniem, ca. 1782

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord). De masten zijn niet aangegeven. Een opvallend element in dit model is het dubbel dikke grootspant. Zeven en twintig geschutpoorten verdeeld over drie dekken; de huid van onderdek en hoofddek is gesloten en op het niveau van het onderdek zit een horizontale mal; luizenplecht. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen hek, zijgalerij of roer; kiel met hieling. De zeeg loopt op aan beide uiteinden, twee berghouten en reehout. Gepiekt rondspant, twee kimlijnen. Schaal ca. 1:48 (afgeleid).

  • Soort kunstwerkscheepsmodel, halfmodel
  • ObjectnummerNG-MC-266
  • Afmetingenhoogte 36 cm x breedte 120 cm x diepte 15 cm
  • Fysieke kenmerkenhout

anonymous

Half Model of a 64-Gun Ship of the Line

Netherlands, c. 1782

Inscriptions

  • label, bottom right:266 former inventory label

Conservation

  • Ab Hoving, juni 2008: minor repairs; repainted in original colour
  • Davina Jakobi, augustus 2015: minor repairs

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-266

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a ship, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard painted blue.

The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. The side above the wale is closed except for the forecastle and quarterdeck. The gun deck and main deck are planked; a horizontal mould is fitted on the level of the gun deck. Twenty-seven pierced gun ports are indicated in three tiers. Both the forecastle and the quarterdeck are outlined by ribbands. The sheer rises towards both ends. Two wales and the sheer rail are indicated, the lower wale is painted black. Both wales are interrupted by gun ports. The bow features an empty beakhead, a beakhead bulkhead and part of the beakhead platform. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail, quarter galleries or a rudder. The keel has a skeg. The hull is slightly S-bottomed and is painted white below the waterline. The model has two bilge ribbands. No masts or bowsprit.

An interesting feature is the thick main frame and the presence of only two ribbands.

In the past the model was mistaken for model number 300 from the Navy Model Room and thus carries an incorrect inventory label.1HNA 1.01.47.36 Admiraliteitscolleges, Losse Aanwinsten, inv. no. 17, Genealogie Asmus. The identification of this model as no. 266 from Obreen’s catalogue of 1858 is based on probability. According to Obreen this model represents the 64-gun ship of the line Zeeland, 160 feet long and built in Zeeland in 1782.2J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 266. Some features however point to an Amsterdam origin. Zeeland was captured by the British in 1795.3HNA 1.01.47.36 Admiraliteitscolleges, Losse Aanwinsten, inv. no. 17, Genealogie Asmus.

Scale (derived) approx. 1:48.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 266

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 64-Gun Ship of the Line, Netherlands, c. 1782', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20071616

(accessed 9 December 2025 22:12:10).

Footnotes

  • 1HNA 1.01.47.36 Admiraliteitscolleges, Losse Aanwinsten, inv. no. 17, Genealogie Asmus.
  • 2J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 266.
  • 3HNA 1.01.47.36 Admiraliteitscolleges, Losse Aanwinsten, inv. no. 17, Genealogie Asmus.