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Nursing Goddess. Rubens. Stamp Sao Tome and Principe 2004

Diosa lactante: Paz y Guerra, Minerva protege Paz de Marte, Rubens, Galeria Nacional Londres. Expresión del pecho, Chorro de leche.

Dimensions: 99 x 131 mm

SectionPhilately
MaterialPaper
ContinentAfrica
Year2004

Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (Siegen, 1577 - Antwerp, 1640), leading exponent of the Baroque period. The painting Minerva protects Peace from Mars (Peace and War) 204 x 298 cm, painted around 1630, coinciding with the signing of a peace treaty between Spain and England in which Rubens successfully mediated as a diplomat between Philip IV and Charles I.
Peace, symbolised by Ceres, offers a child the milk from her breast and the fruits of the earth.
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Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (Siegen, 1577 - Antwerp, 1640), leading exponent of the Baroque period. The painting Minerva protects Peace from Mars (Peace and War) 204 x 298 cm, painted around 1630, coinciding with the signing of a peace treaty between Spain and England in which Rubens successfully mediated as a diplomat between Philip IV and Charles I.
Peace, symbolised by Ceres, offers a child the milk from her breast and the fruits of the earth.
La imagen del sello está invertida en espejo respecto al original.