ARCHIVE MARINE OFFERS


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26.            CANETTA, GIOVANNI, Attr. 1862      

The brig "Salvatore" is saved from a hurricane

Watercolor on paper, cm 33x43 (inv. Costa n. 45)
 

Known data:

  TYPE:                                             brig 
  YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION:    1850
  LUOGO DI COSTRUZIONE: Varazze
  SHIPOWNER:                          Agostino Schiaffino son of Giuseppe called "u Mabuscou"
  CAPTAIN:                                 Agostino Schiaffino son of Giuseppe called "u Mabuscou"

Caption:

       "The Brig named Salvatore commanded by Agosti.o Schiaffino; the 12th day of Decem.r 1862 at Cape Cercè, when hit by a strong hurricane, menacing the ship nearly to the loss, and for grace of Our Lady of Boschetto they was saved. The embarked sailor  Giac.o Schiappacasse dedicates the present offer to the Holy Image for the received grace."
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY: G.B. Ferrari: The Ex-Voto Offers of the Sanctuary of the Boschetto - in "The Madonna of the Boschetto"  1937, (1-2), pp. 16-19.
The brig Salvatore
- in "The Madonna of the Boschetto" 1937, (1-2), pp. 16-19.