Object data
wool
height 430 cm × width 328 cm
anonymous
Fragment of a Ship Flag
Karlberg Palace, c. 1658
Conservation
- Restauratieatelier Textiel, 1970: restored
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1889
Object number: NG-MC-1889-83-23
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Fragment from the hoist of a ship flag, blue with a yellow cross and an emblem, probably a crown, in the canton.
This Swedish flag was captured in the Battle of the Sound on 8 November 1658 by Lieutenant Admiral Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam (1610-1665).
Literature
T. Lenk, ‘Flaggan, landets symbol’, Historiska Bilder 2 (1949), pp. 112-40; M. van den Brandhof, Vlaggen, vaandels en standaarden van het Rijksmuseum. Een geïllustreerde catalogus, Amsterdam 1977, no. 197
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Fragment of a Ship Flag, Karlberg Palace, c. 1658', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.245342
(accessed 26 May 2024 10:37:48).