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Half Model of a 32-Gun Frigate
anonymous, c. 1804
Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Opvallend aan dit model is het grote aantal mallen. De huid boven het onderste berghout is gesloten. Dertien geschutpoorten aangegeven op het bovendek, tien patrijspoorten en drie gewone poorten een dek lager. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf met extra poort, gesloten hek, geen zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning, ovaal hennegat. Zeeg aan beide uiteinden iets oplopend, twee berghouten en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant.
- Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
- Object numberNG-MC-316
- Dimensionsheight 29 cm x width 125 cm x depth 15.1 cm
- Physical characteristicswood and paint
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Half Model of a 32-Gun Frigate
Object type
Object number
NG-MC-316
Description
Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Opvallend aan dit model is het grote aantal mallen. De huid boven het onderste berghout is gesloten. Dertien geschutpoorten aangegeven op het bovendek, tien patrijspoorten en drie gewone poorten een dek lager. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf met extra poort, gesloten hek, geen zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning, ovaal hennegat. Zeeg aan beide uiteinden iets oplopend, twee berghouten en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant.
Inscriptions / marks
- label, bottom right: ‘316’ former inventory label
- inscription, top, on two oval labels: ‘Minerva / 1805 // KENAU / HASSELAAR / à 32 St.: / G.B: 1804.’
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model maker: anonymous, Netherlands
Dating
c. 1804
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wood and paint
Dimensions
height 29 cm x width 125 cm x depth 15.1 cm
Explanatory note
De 'Minerva' werd gebouwd in 1804-1805 in Vlissingen en gesloopt in 1835. Het fregat van 32 stukken 'Diana', lang 145 voet, werd door P. Glavimans Jz. in Rotterdam in 1804 gebouwd; herdoopt 'Kenau Hasselaer' in 1807; nam deel aan het bombardement van Algiers in 1816; verkocht in 1841.
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...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
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anonymous
Half Model of a 32-Gun Frigate
Netherlands, c. 1804
Inscriptions
- inscription, top, on two oval labels:Minerva / 1805 // KENAU / HASSELAAR / à 32 St.: / G.B: 1804.
- label, bottom right:316 former inventory label
Conservation
- Ab Hoving, juni 2009: gunports and planking reconstructed
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-316
Entry
Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a three-masted ship, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard painted a dark grey.
The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands on frame moulds. The side above the wale is planked. Thirteen recessed, black gun ports are situated on the upper deck, plus one pierced gun port on the counter. Ten oar ports or scuppers and three larger ballast ports are situated on the lower deck. The sheer rises slightly towards both ends. Two wales and the sheer rail are indicated, all are painted black. The bow features an empty beakhead, two cheeks that are indicated directly on the beakhead and end in a decorative scroll, and a black bollard timber. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The taffrail is closed, but shows no further details. The model does not have quarter galleries. Below the stern a straight, square-headed rudder with an oval-shaped helm port is indicated. The hull is S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.
A remarkable feature is the relatively large number of frame moulds used.
The Minerva was built in Flushing in 1804-05 and sold out of service in 1835. The 32-gun frigate Diana, 145 feet long,1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 316. was built by Pieter Glavimans Jansz (1768-1850) in Rotterdam in 1804. Diana was renamed Kenau Hasselaar in 1807 and took part as such in the bombardment of Algiers in 1816. In 1828 the frigate was declared unfit and was finally broken up in 1841.2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, pp. 10-11.
Scale unknown.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 316; A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, pp. 10-11
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 32-Gun Frigate, Netherlands, c. 1804', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053629
(accessed 21 mei 2026 20:11:46 UTC+0).Footnotes
- 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 316.
- 2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, pp. 10-11.