Half Model of a 68-Gun Ship of the Line

anonymous, c. 1797 - c. 1798

Half-model of a 68-gun ship of the line, by Pieter Glavimans Jz, c. 1797-1798. Scale c. 1/50. Under the Batavian Republic a major naval shipbuilding programme was undertaken. The dramatic losses suffered by the fleet in encounters with the British made this essential: the Dutch navy had been outclassed by the larger, modernised British ships. Glavimans Jz. (1768-1850), nephew of the navy's constructor general, Pieter Glavimans, was a shipwright at the Rotterdam shipyard. He built three ships of this type.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-272-1
  • Dimensionsheight 37.5 cm x width 133 cm x depth 15.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a 68-Gun Ship of the Line

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-272-1

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Twee en dertig geschutpoorten verdeeld over drie dekken. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. De zeeg loopt op aan beide uiteinden, twee berghouten en één reehout. Vrij scherp onderwaterschip.. Schaal 1:50 (afgeleid).

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • label, bottom right: ‘272’ former inventory label
    • inscription, top centre, on three square black metal labels: ‘DOGGERSBANK. 1797 // JOHAN de WIT. 1797 // NEPHTUNUS. 1798’

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Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1797 - c. 1798

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 37.5 cm x width 133 cm x depth 15.5 cm

Explanatory note

  • P. Glavimans Jz. heeft drie 68-ers van 180 voet volgens dit model in Rotterdam gebouwd: de Doggersbank (1797-1839), herdoopt Zeeland in 1814, de Joan de Wit (1798-1817) en de Neptunus (1798). Een Neptunus van 68 stukken is in de lijsten niet terug te vinden, maar volgens één bron is zij door P. Glavimans Jz. in 1798 te Rotterdam gebouwd, in 1805 herdoopt Zeeland en in 1808 gesloopt.

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  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

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

Documentation

  • Catalogus Rijksmuseum Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam 1928, p. 78, afb. 33.

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anonymous

Half Model of a 68-Gun Ship of the Line

Netherlands, c. 1797 - c. 1798

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on three square black metal labels:DOGGERSBANK. 1797 // JOHAN de WIT. 1797 // NEPHTUNUS. 1798
  • label, bottom right:272 former inventory label

Conservation

  • Richard Schoevaart, oktober 1998: woodworm treatment

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-272-1

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. Thirty-two gun ports are indicated by white frames in three tiers. The model does not indicate any details of the forecastle, whereas the quarterdeck is outlined by ribbands with square hances. The sheer rises towards both ends. Two wales and a sheer rail are indicated, all are painted black. The bow features an empty beakhead with two cheeks positioned directly on the beakhead, a beakhead bulkhead and a black knighthead. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail or quarter galleries. It has a straight, square-headed rudder. The hull is rather sharp and is 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,1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 272. two models carry catalogue number 272: this one and model NG-MC-272-2. Three 68-gun ships, all 180 feet long, were built after this model by Pieter Glavimans Jansz (1768-1850) in Rotterdam: Doggersbank (1797-1839), renamed Zeeland in 1814, Joan de Wit (1798-1817) and Neptunus (1798).2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, pp. 2, 6.

Scale (derived) 1:50

Literature

J.P. Asmus, Genealogie van de schepen ten oorlog gebouwd bij de respectieve Admiraliteiten ... beginnende met den Jaar 1654, s.l. [1817], manuscript in HNA 1.01.47.36 Admiraliteitscolleges, Losse aanwinsten, inv. no. 17; J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 272; Catalogus Rijksmuseum Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum, coll. cat. Amsterdam 1928, p. 78, fig. 33; A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, pp. 2, 6

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 68-Gun Ship of the Line, Netherlands, c. 1797 - c. 1798', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053588

(accessed 22 mei 2026 00:13:42 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 272.
  • 2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, pp. 2, 6.