Object data
wood, copper and paint
height 37 cm × width 35.5 cm × depth 17 cm
anonymous
Model of a Ship's Galley
Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820
Inscriptions
- inscription, on various parts: Lang 25 dm / Lang-26 dm / hoog-20 dm / hoog-32 dm / Weyt-22 dm
- label, on the upper right door: 572 former inventory label
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-572
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Wooden model of a ship’s galley, painted black.
The model is fitted with copper doors, roof and shelves, painted black and standing on six legs. The right-hand half is higher than the left and has a chimney. The left-hand side has a hot plate with three round holes for pots and pans. At the front five doors are indicated and on the right one more. Fire is made in the hearth with a grating to the far left, the hot air and smoke are conducted to the right over the lower compartment, which has two doors and two levels, and then around the high compartment back to the chimney in the middle.
Scale (derived) 1:36.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 572
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Ship's Galley, 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/20053825
(accessed 8 December 2025 18:33:25).