Model of a Boyer from North Holland, anonymous, c. 1757

Title(s)

Model of a Boyer from North Holland

Object type

• ship model
• fully rigged model
• show model

Object number

NG-NM-9444

Inscriptions / marks

• ‘Het kan niet anders’

Description

Getuigd model van een Noordhollandse boeier. Op de roef: "Het kan niet anders".

Artist

• model maker: anonymous

Place

Netherlands

Dating

c. 1757

Material

• wood (plant material)
• rope

Measurements

height 155 cm × length 150 cm × width 40 cm
height 163 cm × width 153 cm × depth 52 cm

Credit line

• Gift of F. Duits

Acquisition

gift 1892

Copyright

Public domain

• Old ship figure-heads & sterns : with which are associated galleries, hancing-pieces, catheads and divers other matters that concern the "grace and countenance" of old sailing-ships, p. 157, fig. c
• Documentatiemap Geschiedenis: foto.