Andrea Mantegna.
Madonna with Sleeping Child. (c. 1465-70), Oil on canvas.
43x32 cm. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.
Raphael,
The Alba Modonna (1510), oil on panel transferred to canvas,
diameter 94.5. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Round,
beautiful Madonna with Jesus in her lap, and John the Baptist in
animal skins looking up at him.
Jacopo Carucci "Pontormo" (1495-1556-57).
Madona and child, Oil on canvas, 88x64 cm, Museo Nacional de
San Carlos
Adolphe-William Bouguereau (French artist, 1825-1905),
"Virgin and Child" (1888), oil on canvas, 176.5x103 cm,
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
"Virgin and Child" (La Vierge Au Lys, 1888), oil on canvas,
176.5x103 cm, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. Virgin
seated holding naked Christ child with arms spread, both with
golden halos.
Song of the Angels" (La Vierge aux Anges, 1881), oil on
canvas, 84x60", Museum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale,
CA. Shows angels serenading the Mother and Child.
Another.
2006. Ignatio Chacón (Peruvian artist
active 1745-1775),
Madonna and Child with Bird (1765), Denver Art Museum.
Traditional Christmas stamp 2006 for the US Postal Service.
1986. Pietro
Vanucci Perugino, Madonna and Child, National Gallery of Art, Christmas stamp 1986.
1985. Luca della Robbia
(1400-1482), Genoa Madonna enameled terra cotta, Detroit
Institute of Arts, Christmas stamp 1985.
1984. Fra Filippo Lippi
(1406-1469),
Madonna and Child
(1440-1445) Tempera on panel, 79,7 x 51,1 cm, National Gallery of Art.
1983. Raphaël
(1483-1520), Virgin and Child, Naitonal Gallery of Art.
Christmas stamp 1983.
1982. Tiepolo
(1696-1770), Madonna and Child, National Gallery of Art.
Christmas stamp 1982.
1981. Sandro Botticelli (1446-1510),
Virgin and Child with
Angel (Small
Madonna) (1475-1485),
Tempera on panel, Institute
of Art, Chicago.
Christmas stamp 1981.
1980. Walter Tower, Epiphany window (c. 1900), Stained glass window in the National
Cathedral, Washington, Christmas stamp 1980.
1979. Gerard David (1460-1523), Virgin and Child,
National Gallery of Art. Christmas stamp 1979.
1978. Andrea della Robbia (1435-1525), Madonna and
Child with Cherubim, National Gallery,
Christmas
stamp1978.
1977. J.C. Leyendecker, George Washington Praying at
Valley Forge, Christmas stamp 1977, which originally appeared
on the cover of the
Saturday Evening Post, Feb 23, 1935. This was also
the subject of the
1928 2 cent stamp, captioned "In God We Trust."
1976. John Singleton Copley (1738-1815), "Nativity" (1776).
1975. Domenico Ghirlandaio, "Madonna and Child" National
Gallery.
Christmas Stamp 1975.
1974 was the Dove of Peac weathervane atop Mount Vernon, home
of George Washington, the first pressure sensitive adhestive
stamp ever issued.
1973. Raphaël (1483-1520),
Small Cowper Madonna
(1505),
National Gallery of Art. Christmas stamp 1973.
1972. Master of the St. Lucy Legend (unknown Flemish
master), Detail of angel in "Mary, Queen of Heaven" (1480), National Gallery
of Art. Angel.
Christmas stamp 1972.
1971. Giorgione (1477-1510) Adoration of the
Shepherds, National Gallery of Art.
1970. Lorenzo Lotto (1480-1556), The Nativity, National Gallery of Art.
Christmas stamp 1970.
The 1969 stamp was a Curier and Ives scene.
The 1965 Christmas stamp had a more secular
them. In later years there was nearly always a clearly
religious stamp, usually with the Madonna and Child.
1966, 1967. Memling, Madonna and Child (), National
Gallery of Art.
Christams stamp 1967 (taller commemorative size). Also
another
Memling 1966 (standard stamp size, cropped more at bottom).
Prior to 1966, Christmas commemorative stamps didn't have a
religious theme.
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