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 Mr.Firu Gabriel-Eugen
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| General Description : | Sistine Madonna, also called La Madonna di San Sisto, is an oil painting by the Italian artist Raphael. Commissioned in 1512 by Pope Julius II as an altarpiece for the church of San Sisto, Piacenza, it was one of the last Madonnas painted by the artist. Relocated to Dresden from 1754, the well-known painting has been particularly influential in Germany. After World War II, it was relocated to Moscow for a decade before it was returned to Germany. There, it resides as one of the central pieces in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister. The painting has been highly praised by many notable critics, and Giorgio Vasari called it a "a truly rare and extraordinary work" |
| Face value | 1/2 East Caribbean cent |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BX 38 |
| Catalog code | Stamp Number BX 39 Yvert et Tellier BX 38 Stanley Gibbons BX 38 |
| Series | Christmas |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Issue date | 20/10/1969 |
| Designer | Richard Granger Barrett |
| Print technique | Offset lithography |
| Printed by | Format International Security Printers Ltd. |
| Perforation | 14 |
| Height | 42.50 mm |
| Width | 28.50 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
