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61.             Anonymous XIX Century  1887        

The "Monte A." in difficulty

Watercolor on paper, cm 43x52                  (inventory Costa n. 73)
 

Known data:

   TYPE:                                             pole brig
   YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION:     1874
   PLACE OF CONSTRUCTION:   Varazze
   SHIPOWNER:                               G. B. Bozzo
   CAPTAIN:                                      G.B. Passalacqua

Caption:

          "Event occurred in the Lat. 36° N., Lon. 67° 30 W. Greenwich the 13th day of May 1887, Captain G.B. Passalacqua; Pole brig Monte. The aforesaid capt.n donates the present to Our Lady of Boschetto for the consideration received".

Notes:

On the back the written line "Monte A. - Marco Passalacqua 26 August 1887", obvious notes memorandum of the painter.

The Madonna is a cutted out print, colored and glued on one Madonna with a knelt woman  painted down.