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Giotto (1266-1337) - the Ognissanti Madonna (1310)
Italy 40 lira Stamp issued 1966
Uffuzi Galley - Florence |
This painting was commissioned by an obscure religious order when Giotto returned to Florence in the period around 1310. Ognissanti refers to the church where the painting was originally housed, being the All Saints Church in Florence. The painting is now housed in the Uffuzi Gallery in Florence.
Giotto is credited as being the first in a line of artists who kicked off the Italian Renaissance at the end of the middle ages. Other stamps have works that are from Giotto:
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