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Stamp of Nicaragua; 1984; commemorative stamp of the series "Paintings by Correggio"; stamp motive with a detail from the painting "Allegory of the Vice" by Antonio Allegri da Correggio (1489-1534) (original title: "Allegoria del Vizio"); The central figure is sometime interpreted as Silenius (was the tutor for the God Dionysos, see Virgil "Eclogues", 6), other see in this figure a depicting of Vulcan.; However that be, in each case the central figure embodies the "negatve virtues" (the sum of all "un-virtues", "unlike virtues") and the whole painting is the counterpart to the painting "Allegory of Virtues". Both were painted as a pair for the "Studiolo" of the Isabella d'Este.; The depicted painting was created between 1529 and 1530 (other source: 1531) in the style of the Italian Renaissance and is actual located in the "Musée du Louvre" in Paris (France).; stamp postmarked

Antonio da Correggio  (1489–1534)  wikidata:Q8457 q:it:Correggio
 
Antonio da Correggio
Alternative names
Birth name: Antonio Allegri
Description -Italian painter, drawer and fresco painter
Date of birth/death circa 1490
date QS:P,+1490-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 5 March 1534
Location of birth/death Correggio bei Modena Correggio
Work location
Parma; Albinea; Correggio; Mantua; Modena; Rome Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q8457
institution QS:P195,Q19675


Stamp: Michel: No. 2507; Yvert & Tellier: No. 1337; Scott: No. 1354
Color: multicolored with silver
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 2.00 C$ (Córdobas)
Postage validity: from 17 May 1984 until ?

Stamp picture size (printed area of a single stamp): 27.5 x 40.0 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Postal administration of the government of the Republic of Nicaragua
Permission
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Public domain According to the Nicaraguan Law No. 312/2001 on Copyright and Neighboring Rights Chapter 3 Article 16 the following documents are in the public domain and shall not benefit from the legal protection accorded to copyright:
  • (a) official texts of a political, legislative, administrative or judicial nature, and official translations thereof;
  • (b) official symbols of the State, public authorities and organizations, such as armorial bearings, seals, flags, emblems, shields, badges and medals, provided they have been specified in any of the texts in (a);
Other versions
  • The original painting in the "Musée du Louvre", Paris (France)
    The original painting in the "Musée du Louvre", Paris (France)
Picture description Correggio, "Allegory of the Vice" (1529-1530 or 1531)
First day of issue
Publisher Postal administration of the government of the Republic of Nicaragua
Design Antonio da Corregio (1489-1534) (creator of the depicted painting)
Printer "Thomas de la Rue de Colombia", Bogota (probably)
Printing technique Offset printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 12¾
MICHEL Nr. Nicaragua, Nr. 2507
SCOTT Nr. Nicaragua, No. 1354

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