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DE Virgin of milk. Rubens Christmas Tristan da Cunha Stamp 1993
Virgin of Milk: Holy Virgin and Child. Rubens. Milk Stream. Christmas, Michel 544-7, Yvert 521-24 (523)
Dimensions: 38 x 32 mm
Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (Siegen, 1577 - Antwerp, 1640), leading exponent of the Baroque period. This oil panel, entitled The Virgin Breastfeeding Christ Child, is 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 milk she sucks from her breast. This technique is also used in other images to reward Saint Bernard for his great devotion.
Tooth 13. Type A watermark from Antigua.
Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (Siegen, 1577 - Antwerp, 1640), leading exponent of the Baroque period. This oil panel, entitled The Virgin Breastfeeding Christ Child, is 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 milk she sucks from her breast. This technique is also used in other images to reward Saint Bernard for his great devotion.
Tooth 13. Type A watermark from Antigua.