Model of the Vlakkenhoek lighthouse on Sumatra
Also titled Model van de vuurtoren van Vlakkenhoek op Sumatra
c. 1879
- Medium
- wood (plant material), brass (alloy), mica
- Classification
- scale model
- Dimensions
- height 170.5 cm x diameter 34 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
The full-scale, 60-metre-high version of this lighthouse was erected at Vlakkenhoek, on the southwest point of Sumatra. The tower was built in The Hague by Enthoven & Co., then shipped to Sumatra. The strength of the cast-iron structure was proven during the 1883 volcano eruption of Krakatoa; only the lighthouse withstood the tsunami that devastated everything else.
