Description
This new, SPS "Madonna and Child by Bachiacca forever stamp" has been released in October 2018 by USPS, just in time for the 2018 Holiday season.This forever stamp features a detail of Bachiacca’s oil-and-gold-on-panel painting “Madonna and Child,” which dates from the early 1520s, showing the Christ child clutching a bouquet of jasmine, a symbol of divine love, alongside the Virgin Mary’s profile, left shoulder and right hand..Five centuries ago, Francesco d’Ubertino Verdi (1494–1557), the Italian Renaissance painter known as Bachiacca, proved himself to be a versatile and popular Florentine artist..This listing is for two booklet of 20 stamps.“Madonna and Child” has been issued as a Forever stamp and will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce price.
