Half Model of a 68-Gun Ship of the Line

anonymous, c. 1798 - c. 1808

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Geen geschutpoorten en geen dekken aangegeven behalve halfdek en bovenkampanje. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Vrij vlakke zeeg, twee berghouten en één reehout. Rond onderwaterschip. Schaal 1:44 (schaal op model).

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-275
  • Dimensionsheight 37 cm x width 128.8 cm x depth 15 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a 68-Gun Ship of the Line

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-275

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Geen geschutpoorten en geen dekken aangegeven behalve halfdek en bovenkampanje. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Vrij vlakke zeeg, twee berghouten en één reehout. Rond onderwaterschip. Schaal 1:44 (schaal op model).

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • label, bottom right: ‘275’ former inventory label
    • scale, top centre: paper scale in Amsterdam feet
    • inscription, top centre, on two oval paper labels: ‘ADMIRAAL / TROMP. / à 68 St. / GB: 1800. // U[TREC]HT / [...] St. / [...] 1798’

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Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1798 - c. 1808

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 37 cm x width 128.8 cm x depth 15 cm

Explanatory note

  • Het linieschip van 68 stukken Pieter Paulus, lang 180 voet, werd door P. Glavimans Jz. in 1798-1800 in Rotterdam gebouwd; herdoopt Utrecht in 1807 en in 1815 in Hellevoetsluis gesloopt. De Admiraal Tromp, eveneens 68 stukken, werd in 1806 ook door P. Glavimans Jz. in Rotterdam gebouwd; gesloopt in 1830.

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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 68-Gun Ship of the Line

Netherlands, c. 1798 - c. 1808

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on two oval paper labels:ADMIRAAL / TROMP. / à 68 St. / GB: 1800. // U[TREC]HT / [...] St. / [...] 1798
  • scale, top centre: paper scale in Amsterdam feet
  • label, bottom right:275 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-275

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. The model does not indicate any details of the forecastle, whereas the quarterdeck is outlined by ribbands with square hances. The sheer rises slightly towards the stern. 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, part of a beakhead platform and two large bollard timbers. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail or quarter galleries. The model has a straight, square-headed rudder. The hull is round and is painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

The date on the model differs from the one found in the catalogue entry by Obreen.1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 275. He probably confused the Pieter Paulus, renamed Utrecht in 1807, with the Utrecht built by Willem Lodewijk van Gent in Amsterdam in 1781. The 68-gun ship of the line Pieter Paulus, 180 feet long, was built by Pieter Glavimans Jansz (1768-1850) in Rotterdam in 1798-1800. Pieter Paulus was renamed Utrecht in 1807 and broken up in Hellevoetsluis in 1815. The 68-gun ship of the line Admiraal Tromp was also built by Glavimans in Rotterdam, in 1806, and was broken up in 1830.2 A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, pp. 1, 5.

Scale (on model) approx. 1:44.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 275; A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, pp. 1, 5

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 68-Gun Ship of the Line, Netherlands, c. 1798 - c. 1808', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053592

(accessed 21 mei 2026 17:22:18 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 275.
  • 2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, pp. 1, 5.