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DE Virgin of milk. Rubens Christmas Stamp Paraguay 1987
Virgin of Milk: Holy Virgin and Child. Rubens. Milk Stream. Christmas, Michel B439
Dimensions: 126 x 105 mm
Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (Siegen, 1577 - Antwerp, 1640), leading exponent of the Baroque period.
This oil panel, entitled Our Lady breastfeeding the infant ChristIt is preserved in the Museum of Fine Arts in Utah (USA) and is one of the rare images of the Virgin Mary feeding her child by means of the jet of milk she obtains by expressing her breast.
This technique is also used in other images to reward Saint Bernard for his great devotion.
Gift from Don Oscar Berenguer, member of the Rotary Club of Jávea(Alicante) acquired during his visit to help the missionary community of San Francisco Javier led by Father Leopoldo Esteban, responsible for the indigenous pastoral in the Presidente Hayes Department of the Chaco-Paraguay.
Actualizado el: 12/05/2025
Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (Siegen, 1577 - Antwerp, 1640), leading exponent of the Baroque period.
This oil panel, entitled Our Lady breastfeeding the infant ChristIt is preserved in the Museum of Fine Arts in Utah (USA) and is one of the rare images of the Virgin Mary feeding her child by means of the jet of milk she obtains by expressing her breast.
This technique is also used in other images to reward Saint Bernard for his great devotion.
Gift from Don Oscar Berenguer, member of the Rotary Club of Jávea(Alicante) acquired during his visit to help the missionary community of San Francisco Javier led by Father Leopoldo Esteban, responsible for the indigenous pastoral in the Presidente Hayes Department of the Chaco-Paraguay.