Christmas 2011 \'Nativity Art\' (view technical specs)

The Christmas 2011 stamps feature some of the most notable artistic representations of The Nativity by world famous artists. By popular demand we have featured a religious theme this year and the works are featured by the following artists: Charles Le Brun (24 February 1619 – 22 February 1690) a French painter and art theorist, one of the dominant artists in 17th-century France; Lorenzo Lotto (c. 1480 – 1556) a Northern Italian painter draughtsman and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school who painted mainly altarpieces, religious subjects and portraits; Agnolo di Cosimo (November 17, 1503 – November 23, 1572), usually known as Il Bronzino, an Italian Mannerist painter from Florence; Gerard van Honthorst (November 4, 1592 – April 27, 1656), a Dutch Golden Age painter from Utrecht and Giorgione (born Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco; c. 1477/8 – 1510) an Italian painter of the High Renaissance in Venice known for the elusive poetic quality of his work. (Text: Wikipedia)

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