2018 Madonna and Child

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This forever stamp features a detail of Bachiacca’s oil-and-gold-on-panel painting “Madonna and Child,” which dates from the early 1520s, showing the Christ child clutching a bouquet of jasmine, a symbol of divine love, alongside the Virgin Mary’s profile, left shoulder and right hand.

Value: 66¢ 1-ounce First-Class Rate (Forever)
Issue Date: October 3, 2018
First Day City: Santa Fe, NM
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset, Microprint
Format: Double-sided Booklet of 20

Bachiacca (1494-1557) led Mannerist art in the Italian Renaissance, capturing nature skillfully.

Born Francesco d’Ubertino Verdi, Bachiacca hailed from a family of artists and apprenticed under Pietro Perugino.

Pietro Perugino, also Raphael’s teacher, hired Bachiacca in the court of Duke Cosimo I de ‘Medici.

Bachiacca played a crucial role in evolving Mannerism, known for exaggerated proportions and surreal elegance.

Renowned for detailed plant and animal paintings, Bachiacca’s Madonna and Child featured flowers with specific meanings.

In the painting, the baby Jesus grasps a sprig of jasmine, symbolizing Mary as it grows in May, the month of Mary.

Other flowers in the painting – cornflower, rose, and sweetbriar – represent Jesus and Mary.

Bachiacca’s paintings incorporated inspiration from Italian, German, and Netherlandish sources, standing out from contemporaries.

He naturally merged influences into unique pieces, deviating from the common practice of basing works on others.

Additional information

Format

Book

Issue Year

2018

Mail Service

First-Class Mail

Product Type

Forever

SKU

100 Pcs 5 Books, 1000 Pcs 50 Books, 500 Pcs 25 Books