The Ansidei Madonna

Stamp

1999
Raphael (1483-1520)
Antigua & Barbuda
Scott #2301
The Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Nicholas of Bari, 1505

This altar painting is now in the National Gallery of Art in London. It is known as 'The Ansidei Madonna' because it was commissioned by Bernardino Ansidei for his family chapel dedicated to Saint Nicholas in the church of San Fiorenzo, Perugia. RAPHAEL 1483 - 1520

Christmas 1999 issue of six stamps:
Raphael—Ansidei Madonna, the Transficuration, Holy Family with the Lamb
Rugesn—Madonna and Child in a Wreath of Flowers
Dürer—Three Putti, Shroud of Christ held by Angels