Half Model of a 32-Gun Frigate

anonymous, c. 1804

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Dertien geschutpoorten aangegeven op het bovendek, twee kleine patrijspoorten een dek lager. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg aan beide uiteinden iets oplopend, twee barkhouten en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant. Schaal ca. 1:40 (afgeleid).

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-315
  • Dimensionsheight 36.5 cm x width 127 cm x depth 15.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a 32-Gun Frigate

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-315

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. Dertien geschutpoorten aangegeven op het bovendek, twee kleine patrijspoorten een dek lager. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen hek of zijgalerij; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. Zeeg aan beide uiteinden iets oplopend, twee barkhouten en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant. Schaal ca. 1:40 (afgeleid).

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • label, bottom right: ‘315’ former inventory label
    • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label: ‘DIANA.’

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1804

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 36.5 cm x width 127 cm x depth 15.5 cm

Explanatory note

  • 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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  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    • 1804 - 1841
    • 1816-08-18

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 32-Gun Frigate

Netherlands, c. 1804

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label:DIANA.
  • label, bottom right:315 former inventory label

Scientific examination and reports

  • dendrochronology: Marta Domínguez Delmás & Rosa Ana Vázquez Ruiz de Ocenda, University of Santiago de Compostela, F0170010, 2016

Literature scientific examination and reports

Marta Domínguez Delmás & Rosa Ana Vázquez Ruiz de Ocenda; Dendrochronological research on ship models NG-MC-312, NG-MC-315, NG-MC-317, NG-NM-88 (2016)

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-315

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. Thirteen gun ports are indicated by white frames situated on the upper deck and three oar ports or scuppers 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 and two cheeks, which are indicated directly on the beakhead. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The model does not have a taffrail or quarter galleries. Below the stern a straight, square-headed rudder is indicated. 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.

In the past this model was incorrectly labelled as catalogue number 286. The 32-gun frigate Diana, 145 feet long, was built by Pieter Glavimans Jansz (1768-1850) in Rotterdam in 1804.1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 315. 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.

Scale (derived) approx. 1:40.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 315

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/20053628

(accessed 21 mei 2026 23:48:08 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 315.
  • 2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, pp. 10.