UNITED STATES

United States borders Canada, and Mexico, with the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast, and the Pacific Ocean on the west coast.  There are 50 states including Alaska and Hawaii.  The language in the United States of America is English, and Spanish is the second most spoken language.  The United States has one of the world's most varied populations in terms of ancestry.  The population includes descendents from every part of the world.  The first people to live in the United States were the American 'Indians'. Most Americans can trace their ancestry to Europe,  Latin  America, Africa, and Asia.  The United States began printing its stamps in 1846; stamps of Mary were not begun until 1966.

DATE

SCOTT

Y&T

ARTIST

DESCRIPTION

STAMP
 

11-1-1966

  

1321

  

815

  

Hans Memling
(1430-1494)

 Madonna and Child
[original at the National Gallery of Arts – Washington]
La Madone et l'Enfant

11-6-1967 1336 839 Hans Memling
(1430-1494)		 Madonna and Child
[original at the National Gallery of Arts – Washington]
 La Madone et l'Enfant

11-6-1970 1414 911 Lorenzo Lotto
(1480-1556)		 The Nativity
[original at the National Gallery of Arts – Washington]
La nativité

11-10-1971 1444 942 Giorgione
(1477-1510)		 Adoration of the Shepherds
[original at the National Gallery of Arts – Washington]
L'adoration des bergers

11-7-1973 1507 1007 Raphaël
(1483-1520)		 Small Cowper Madonna
[original at the National Gallery of Arts – Washington]
Petite Madone Cowper

10-14-1975 1579 1067 Domenico Ghirlandaio
(1449-1494)		 Madonna
[original at the National Gallery of Arts – Washington]
La Madone

10-27-1976 1701 1148 John Singleton Copley
(1738-1815)		 The Nativity
[original at the Boston Museum]
La nativité

10-18-1978 1768 1226 Andrea della Robbia
(1435-1525)		 Madonna and Child with Cherubim
[original at the National Gallery of Arts – Washington]
La Madone et l'Enfant avec des Anges

10-18-1979 1799 1260 Gerard David
(1460-1523)		 Virgin and Child
[original at the National Gallery of Arts – Washington]
La Vierge et l'Enfant

10-31-1980 1842 1302 Walter Tower
(ca. 1900)		 Epiphany window
[original stained glass at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.]
La Madone et l'Enfant

10-28-1981 1939 1359 Botticelli
(1446-1510)		 Madonna and Child
[original at the Art Institute of Chicago]
 La Madone et l'Enfant

10-28-1982       2026 1456    Tiepolo
(1696-1770)		 Madonna and Child
[original at the National Gallery of Arts – Washington]
 La Madone et l'Enfant

10-28-1983 2063 1505 Raphaël
(1483-1520)		 Virgin and Child
[original at the National Gallery of Arts – Washington]
 La Madone et l'Enfant

10-30-1984 2107 1554 Fra Filippo Lippi
(1406-1469)		 Madonna and Child
[original at the National Gallery of Arts – Washington]
 La Madone et l'Enfant

10-20-1985 2165 1610 Luca della Robbia
(1400-1482)		 Genoa Madonna enameled
Terra Cotta
[original at the Detroit Institute of Arts]
La Madone de Gènes, poterie émaillée

10-24-1986 2244 1693 Perugino
(1450-1523)		 Madonna
[original at the National Gallery of Arts – Washington]
La Madone

10-23-1987 2367 1793 Moroni
(1525-1578)		 Madonna
[original at the National Gallery of Arts – Washington]
La Madone

 

10-20-1988 2399 1837 Botticelli
(1446-1510)		 Madonna and Child
[original at the National Gallery of Arts – Washington]
 La Madone et l'Enfant

10-19-1989 2427 1878 Carracci
(1555-1619)		 Madonna and Child
[original at the National Gallery of Arts – Washington]
 La Madone et l'Enfant

10-18-1990 2514 1924 Antonello Da Messina (1430-1479) Madonna and Child
[original at the National Gallery of Arts – Washington]
 La Madone et l'Enfant

10-17-1991 2578 1993 Antoniazzo Romano
(1461-1508) 		Madonna and Child
[original at the Houston Museum]
 La Madone et l'Enfant

 

10-21-1993 2789 2193 Giovanni Battista Cima (1459-1518)           Madonna and Child
La Madone et l'Enfant

10-20-1994 2871 2287 Elisabeth Sirani (1638-1665) Madonna and Child
La Madone et l'Enfant 

10-13-1995 3003 2455 Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337) Madonna and Child
La Madone et l'Enfant

 

11-01-1996 3107 2575 Paolo de Matteis (1662-1728)  Madonna and Child
La Madone et l'Enfant		       
10-27-1997 3176 2673 Sano di Pietro (1406-1481) Madonna and Child
La Madone et l'Enfant		       
10-15-1998 3244   Florentine -15th Century Madonna and Child
La Madone et l'Enfant

            
10-20-1999 3356   Bartolomeo Vivarini (1432-1499) Madonna and Child
La Madone et l'Enfant

 

10-10-2001 3536   Lorenzo Costa (1460-1535) Virgin and Child 
La Vierge et l'Enfant

   

The 2002 Christmas Stamp

Jan Gossaert, called Mabuse, ~1478-1533/36, was born in Maubeuge, and lived most of his life in Belgium.  He spent the early years of his career in Antwerp, Bruges, Middleburg and Utrecht.  He then painted 15 years in the service of Philip of Burgundy (1509-1524), and after 1524 served his (grand) nephew Adolph of Burgundy until his death, 1533/36 in Middleburg.

Gossaert was eager to adopt the German and Italian styles of his time.  He was influenced in particular by A Dürer's rendering of the human body and by da Vinci's (School of Milan) handling of light and shadow.  Gossaert initiated a new period of fame in Dutch painting traditions, especially by introducing elements of Renaissance art and by expanding motifs and subject matters.

Gossaert departs from the typically intimist style of the master hands of his time and sets his figures in landscapes and surrounds them with the symmetrical sobriety of Renaissance architecture.  Madonnas, through finely chiseled features, reflect the Latin temperament with its zest for life, vitality and moderate sensuousness.  The solemn depictions of the baby Jesus, as we find them in van Eyck's and Memling's work, give way to sturdy and Herculean figures, little linebackers in the arms of a robust Madonna.  This is particularly obvious for this years' USA Postal Christmas stamp entitled Virgin and Child, (ca. 1520), and located at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Here are some of Gossaert's Marian paintings:

  • Malvagna - Tryptich (Palaermo 1510/11)
  • Adoration of the Magi (London 1512)
  • Luke Painting the Madonna (Prague ?)
  • Luke Painting the Madonna (Vienna 1525)

Legend: SCOTT = Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue issued by: Scott Publishing Co.
Y&T = Catalogue Yvert et Tellier

 

Return to The Mary Page

This page, maintained by The Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute, Dayton, Ohio 45469-1390, and created by Kris Sommers was last modified Tuesday, 12/05/2006 11:56:01 EST by Kelly Bodner. Please send any comments to Johann.Roten@udayton.edu.

URL for this page is http://www.udayton.edu/mary//resources/stamps/stamps_usa.html