Object data
wood and paint
height 39.5 cm × width 140.7 cm × depth 16.5 cm
anonymous
Half Model of a 70-Gun Ship of the Line
? Netherlands, c. 1750 - c. 1800
Inscriptions
- label, bottom right: 259 former inventory label
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-259
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 model does not indicate the forecastle, whereas the quarterdeck is outlined by ribbands with square hances. The sheer rises slightly towards the stern. Two wales and a sheer rail are indicated and are painted black. The bow features an empty beakhead with two cheeks positioned directly on the beakhead, a beakhead bulkhead and part of the beakhead platform. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail, quarter galleries or a rudder. The hull is round and painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.
Scale unknown.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 259
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 70-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/20053577
(accessed 12 December 2025 10:24:15).