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Known data:
TYPE: brig |
CAPTAIN: Bartolomeo Rossi |
Caption:
"Storm suffered by the Brig N.S. del Monte Allegro, Capt. Bartolomeo Rossi; in the bay of Vignola the 25th May 1858 where it was anchored with various other ships, a portion of which sunk suffering the total loss of the crew, but that for intercession of Our Lady of Boschetto ship and crew was miraculously saved." |
Notes:
A tower is traced on the background to indicate
the vicinity of the coast, emergent element and characterizing the place
that could have been indicated by the painting requirer.
Always almost identical the rigid Madonna with red garment and blue mantle, often repeated in the pictures of Gavarrone, independently of the Sanctuary which the work will be dedicated, in such a way to become nearly a "mark" to identify the author's works. Repeating the same characteristic is such to induce to think that in various occasions, as the one considered in the following painting (inv. Costa n. 31) come from precise and explicit demands of the requirer. |