Object data
wood
height 39.5 cm × width 122.5 cm × depth 19 cm
anonymous
Half Model of an 80-Gun Ship of the Line
Netherlands, c. 1750 - c. 1800
Provenance
…; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-254
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Wooden half bracket model of the port side of a ship, mounted on a small wooden backboard.
The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. The extent of the forecastle, quarterdeck and poop is outlined by ribbands with square hances. The sheer rises to both ends. One wale is indicated. The bow features only a stempost and the beakhead bulkhead is specified by a vertical frame mould. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail or quarter galleries. The hull is round.
The model has been identified by a process of elimination only; its identification, therefore, is uncertain. According to Obreen the model represents an 80-gun ship of the line from Zeeland.1
Scale unknown.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 254
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of an 80-Gun Ship of the Line, Netherlands, c. 1750 - c. 1800', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053574
(accessed 12 December 2025 08:30:33).