Four Models of Main Skysail Yards

anonymous, c. 1850

  • Artwork typedemonstration model
  • Object numberNG-MC-185
  • Dimensionsyards marked N: length 19.2 cm x diameter 0.6 cm, yards marked O: length 14.1 cm x diameter 0.6 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Four Models of Main Skysail Yards

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-185

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription, on the two longer yards: ‘O’
    • inscription, on the two smaller yards: ‘N’

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Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1850

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood

  • Dimensions

    • yards marked N: length 19.2 cm x diameter 0.6 cm
    • yards marked O: length 14.1 cm x diameter 0.6 cm

Explanatory note

  • Deze modellen stellen de scheizeilra's van de Piet Hein voor, in 1833 als linieschip op stapel gezet, uiteengenomen en in 1853-1856 als eerste Nederlands schroefstoomfregat afgebouwd door A.E. Tromp in Amsterdam, lang 59.62 m, herdoopt de Admiraal van Wassenaer. Samen met een aantal andere modellen van rondhouten kan de gehele grote mast gevormd worden.

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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

  • J. Wentholt, Memoriaal reis Admiraal van Wassenaer, Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam MS B-II-539 1869.

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anonymous

Four Models of Main Skysail Yards

Netherlands, c. 1850

Inscriptions

  • inscription, on the two smaller yards:N
  • inscription, on the two longer yards:O

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-185

Entry

These models represent the main skysail yards of the Piet Hein, a ship of the line that was laid down in 1833, taken apart and re-assembled as the first Dutch screw steam frigate Admiraal van Wassenaer,1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 185. 59.62 metres long, built by August Elize Tromp (1801-1871) in Amsterdam from 1853 to 1856.2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 55. Together with a number of other models of spars an entire mainmast can be assembled.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 185; J. Wentholt, Memoriaal reis Admiraal van Wassenaer, s.l. 1869, manuscript in HSM, inv. no. S.2277(01); A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 55

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Four Models of Main Skysail Yards, Netherlands, c. 1850', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053525

(accessed 23 mei 2026 22:57:14 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 185.
  • 2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 55.