Object data
wood and paint
height 12.5 cm × width 42.3 cm × depth 7 cm
anonymous
Half Model of a Jolly Boat
Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820
Inscriptions
- inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label: JOL LANG 20 Vt
- inscription, on the back: IOL - L20V
- label, bottom left: 976 former inventory label
Conservation
- Restauratieatelier Scheepsmodellen, 2002: restored
- Ab Hoving, August 2005: minor repairs; retouched; revarnished
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-976
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a dinghy, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard.
The side of the vessel is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds, the gunwale is planked. The model has a pointed bow; the stern has a square tuck and a flat transom. The stem is curved, the sternpost is straight and fitted with a broad rudder. The sheer rises towards both ends. One wale is indicated. The hull is round, with a keel that is much broader in the middle than at the ends and painted white below the waterline.
Scale (derived) approx. 1:20.
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 976
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Jolly Boat, Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244790
(accessed 23 November 2024 16:38:42).