Object data
wood and wax
height 39.7 cm × width 35.8 cm × depth 13 cm
Rijkswerf Vlissingen
Model of a Figurehead
Flushing, c. 1820 - c. 1830
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-248
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Red wax model of a figurehead on the knee of the head, mounted on a pedestal.
The figure depicts a female torso in classical dress with a necklace of palm branches. Below the torso is a grotesque fish.
The figure represents Nehalennia, a goddess worshipped in Roman times by merchants and sailors in the area that covers present-day Zeeland, for the ship Nehalennia.1
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 248
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Rijkswerf Vlissingen, Model of a Figurehead, Flushing, c. 1820 - c. 1830', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244060
(accessed 26 December 2024 19:53:06).