PAINTED WOODEN BOAT
CANVAS AND CORDELETS
featuring a three-masted galleon and two castles, with an iron anchor, sails painted with a red cross and still partially legible shields, a two-coloured flag; originally suspended from a gallows.
17th century.
H.: 62 cm, L.: 86 cm.
(Accidents and missing persons).

The oldest model listed today belongs to the museum of Apt (Vaucluse) and can be dated back to 1655. It is a reduction of a frigate called "Le Dragon", given to the cathedral of Apt in thanks to Saint Anne following an expedition to Naples in 1654.