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Half Model of a 32-Gun Frigate
Pieter Glavimans jr., c. 1809
Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Geen geschutspoorten of dekken aangegeven, alleen het halfdek en bakdek door middel van gillingen. Gewrongen spiegel, het hol wulf zeer schuin; geen details van hek, zijgalerij of roer. Zeeg aan beide uiteinden iets oplopend, één barkhout en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant.
- Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
- Object numberNG-MC-301
- Dimensionsheight 31.5 cm x width 108.4 cm x depth 14 cm
- Physical characteristicswood and paint
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Title(s)
Half Model of a 32-Gun Frigate
Object type
Object number
NG-MC-301
Description
Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Geen geschutspoorten of dekken aangegeven, alleen het halfdek en bakdek door middel van gillingen. Gewrongen spiegel, het hol wulf zeer schuin; geen details van hek, zijgalerij of roer. Zeeg aan beide uiteinden iets oplopend, één barkhout en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant.
Inscriptions / marks
- label, bottom left: ‘301’ former inventory label
- inscription, top centre, on an oval label: ‘verandert Ontwerp / van / La Vénus.’
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Creation
Creation
model maker: Pieter Glavimans jr., Netherlands
Dating
c. 1809
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Physical description
wood and paint
Dimensions
height 31.5 cm x width 108.4 cm x depth 14 cm
Explanatory note
Dit is het veranderd ontwerp van La Vénus uit 1809. Pieter Glavimans Jr. kreeg de opdracht om het plan van La Vénus naar Nederlandse wensen aan te passen. Het werd toen gebruikt voor het ontwerp van drie Nederlandse fregatten van 44 stukken, de Van der Werff, de Meuse en de IJssel, die de geplande fregatten van 50 stukken Alcides en de Ridder of de Unie vervingen.
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...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
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Pieter Glavimans jr.
Half Model of a 32-Gun Frigate
Netherlands, c. 1809
Inscriptions
- inscription, top centre, on an oval label:verandert Ontwerp / van / La Vénus.
- label, bottom left:301 former inventory label
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-301
Entry
Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a three-masted ship, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard painted brown.
The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. The forecastle and quarterdeck are outlined and have square hances. The sheer rises slightly towards both ends. One wale and one sheer rail are indicated, the wale is painted black and the sheer rail ochre. The bow features an empty beakhead. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter with an extreme rake. The model does not have a taffrail, galleries or a rudder. The hull is slightly S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.
A now detached label clearly shows that the backboard was originally painted blue, in a similar shade to model NG-MC-300.
Pieter Glavimans Jr (1783-1813) returned from his studies in France in 1809 with the plans of La Vénus, one of Constructor General Jacques-Noël Sané’s (1740-1831) own designs. That same year Glavimans was asked by the Navy Council to adapt the plans of La Vénus to meet Dutch requirements.1HNA 2.01.29.03 Dept. Marine, Aanhangsel II, inv. no. 7, no. 86. This adaptation was then used for designing three Dutch frigates: Van der Werff (50 guns), Meuse (44 guns) and Ijssel (44 guns), replacing the two scheduled 50-gun frigates Alcides and Ridder of de Unie, which were consequently never built.2A.A. Lemmers, Techniek op schaal. Modellen en het technologiebeleid van de Marine 1725-1885, Amsterdam 1996, pp. 126-44.
Scale unknown.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 301; A.A. Lemmers, Techniek op schaal. Modellen en het technologiebeleid van de Marine 1725-1885, Amsterdam 1996, pp. 126-44
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Pieter Glavimans jr., Half Model of a 32-Gun Frigate, Netherlands, c. 1809', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053618
(accessed 24 mei 2026 03:24:18 UTC+0).Footnotes
- 1HNA 2.01.29.03 Dept. Marine, Aanhangsel II, inv. no. 7, no. 86.
- 2A.A. Lemmers, Techniek op schaal. Modellen en het technologiebeleid van de Marine 1725-1885, Amsterdam 1996, pp. 126-44.