This is my last three-masted ship model. Troubles with my eyes and hands force me to stop.
It was a real struggle this last year. I built four models for museum Kaap Skil in the isle of Texel. It needed a small fluit for the Northern waters, a pinas for the Mediterranean, an East Indiaman for Asia and a big fluit for the Atlantic trade. All four models were produced or finished during the past year.
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For this last model i used the same design as for an earlier fluit, but in this case the ship was supplied with a beak head. I also wanted some action in the rigging so I took my inspiration from this Van de Velde painting, the ship de Liefde, shortly before the Four days Battle (1666) in which it was destroyed. I love to catch some wind in my sails.
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The name of the ship was symbolically depicted on the taffrail and was inspired by a genuine 17th century Dutch fluit stern, stored somewhere in a Danish church or museum (perhaps one of you knows where?). It is 'Abraham's Offering', like so many ship's names referring to the biblical tale.
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Thanks for all the likes over the past few years, maybe we see (work from) each other again in future, goodbye for now.
Ab
