Half Model of a Yacht

anonymous, 1780 - 1820

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een eenmast platbodem jacht. De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten. Het achterdek is iets verhoogd. Rond achterschip, breed roer met versierde roerkop en helmstok over dek. De zeeg loopt naar beide uiteinden op, één barkhout.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-461
  • Dimensionsheight 26 cm x width 81.9 cm x depth 11.8 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood, brass and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a Yacht

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-461

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een eenmast platbodem jacht. De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten. Het achterdek is iets verhoogd. Rond achterschip, breed roer met versierde roerkop en helmstok over dek. De zeeg loopt naar beide uiteinden op, één barkhout.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label: ‘JUNO.’
    • label, bottom right: ‘461’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    1780 - 1820

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood, brass and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 26 cm x width 81.9 cm x depth 11.8 cm

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  • Person

  • Subject

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 Yacht

Netherlands, 1780 - 1820

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label:JUNO.
  • label, bottom right:461 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-461

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a single-masted, flat-bottomed yacht, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard.

The side of the vessel is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds, the broad gunwale is planked. The stern is round and fitted with a broad rudder with a decorated rudder head and a hand tiller. The sheer rises towards both ends. One wale is indicated, painted black. The hull is flat-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of a single mast is shown in a truncated form.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 461

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Yacht, Netherlands, 1780 - 1820', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053759

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