Half Model of a 50-Gun Frigate

anonymous, c. 1809

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Twee en twintig geschutpoorten op twee dekken. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van hek of zijgalerij; roer met vierkante roerkoning en afgerond blad. Zeeg aan beide uiteinden iets oplopend, één barkhout en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant. Schaal ca. 1:50 (schaal op model).

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-318-2
  • Dimensionsheight 31 cm x width 118 cm x depth 14.2 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a 50-Gun Frigate

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-318-2

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Twee en twintig geschutpoorten op twee dekken. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van hek of zijgalerij; roer met vierkante roerkoning en afgerond blad. Zeeg aan beide uiteinden iets oplopend, één barkhout en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant. Schaal ca. 1:50 (schaal op model).

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label: ‘van der WERFF.’
    • label, bottom right: ‘318’ remnants of a former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1809

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 31 cm x width 118 cm x depth 14.2 cm

Explanatory note

  • Het fregat van 50 stukken Van der Werff, lang 163 10/11 voet en gebouwd door P. Glavimans Jz., werd in 1809 op stapelgezet en in 1812 te water gelaten. Volgens Frans model veranderd in een fregat van 44 stukken in 1812. In 1821 in Nederlands Oost Indië afgekeurd voor de thuisreis en later gesloopt.

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  • Person

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1809 - 1821

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ...; 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 50-Gun Frigate

Netherlands, c. 1809

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label:van der WERFF.
  • label, bottom right:318 remnants of a former inventory label

Conservation

  • Davina Jakobi, augustus 2015: minor repairs

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-318-2

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. Twenty-two gun ports are indicated by white frames situated on the upper deck and quarterdeck, some are now damaged or missing. The forecastle and quarterdeck are outlined and have square hances. The sheer rises slightly towards both ends. One wale and a sheer rail are indicated, both are painted black. The bow features an empty beakhead and a knighthead. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail or galleries. Below the stern a square-headed rudder with a slightly rounded blade 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.

Although Obreen mentions only one model number 318 in his catalogue,1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 318. two have been found (see model NG-MC-318-1). The 50-gun frigate Van der Werff, 16310/11 feet long and built by Pieter Glavimans Jansz (1768-1850), was laid down in Rotterdam in 1809 and launched in 1812. Van der Werff was converted to a 44-gun frigate after a French design later that year. In 1821 the frigate was declared unfit for the return voyage from the Dutch East Indies and broken up.2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 13.

Scale (derived) approx. 1:50.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 318; A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 13; A.A. Lemmers, Techniek op schaal. Modellen en het technologiebeleid van de Marine 1725-1885, Amsterdam 1996, pp. 138-44

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 50-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/20053632

(accessed 24 mei 2026 06:33:15 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 318.
  • 2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 13.