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History During the Anglo-Dutch wars of the seventeenth century, the States General of the Dutch Republic built a large number of ships, each having an individual Baroque decoration that illustrated its name. Het Huis te Oosterwijk carried a tafferel depiction of Oosterwijk castle, the home of a Councillor of the Amsterdam Admiralty. Built in 1653, she served as a flagship of the Dutch fleet and is lost to history after 1676. The Model Original ship model design from contemporary drawings by Van de Velde. Scale 1:64. Fully masted and rigged. Constructed plank-on-frame, with red gum frames, Peruvian walnut planking, pearwood fittings and boxwood carvings, finished in oil paints, gold leaf and tung oil varnish. Clear acrylic case on oak base, length 46" height 35" width 22". This ship model is fully documented in the Nautical Research Journal v.43, no.2, pg.68ff. The Artist Dr. Siegel has built ship models for 40 years, eventually specializing in 17th century Dutch capital ships, which are known through contemporary ship models in European museums, paintings and drawings by Dutch artists Van de Velde, Storck, Backhuizen, and others. Price Museum Acquisition