Object data
wood and paint
height 26 cm × width 89.5 cm × depth 10 cm
anonymous
Half Model of an East Indiaman
Netherlands, c. 1775 - c. 1795
Inscriptions
- inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label: COMPi SCHIP 142 Vt:
- label, bottom right: 973 former inventory label
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-973
Copyright: Public domain
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. The forecastle, quarterdeck and poop deck are outlined by ribbands and have square hances. The 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 or galleries. Below the stern a straight, square-headed rudder is indicated. The sheer rises towards both ends. One wale and a sheer rail are indicated, painted black. 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.
Scale (derived) approx. 1:60.
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 973
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of an East Indiaman, Netherlands, c. 1775 - c. 1795', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054046
(accessed 12 December 2025 06:45:01).