Stamp of Spain;1969; commemorative stamp of the series "Stamp Day 1969 - Paintings by Alonso Cano"; Meant is the Spanish painter, sculptor and architect of the Baroque, Alonso Cano (1601-1667).; Depicted as stamp motive is the painting "Saint Agnes with lamb" (Spanish original title: Santa Inéz"); Meant is the Christian virgin Martyr of Rome (lived ca. 291- ca. 304 AD), which is venerated in the Catholic church, the Orthodox churches, the Anglican church, the Lutheran church etc. and is there commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass.; This painting "Saint Agnes with lamb" was created in Rome in the time between 1624 and 1638 in the style of the Spanish Baroque and was probably destroyed in the Flak-tower of Berlin-Friedrichshain in May 1945.; Location until 1945 was the "Bode-Museum to Berlin" (then "Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum").; Alonso Cano, also called "the Michelangelo of Spain", was a narrow friend of Diego Valezquez.; stamp postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 1796; Yvert & Tellier: No. 1561; Scott: No. 1556; AFA: No. 1903
Color: purple / gold
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 40 CTS (Centimos)

Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp without sognature line): 25.5 x 30.0 mm

Alonso Cano  (1601–1667)
	Description	Spanish painter, sculptor, architect, architectural draftsperson and visual artist
	Date of birth/death	19 March 1601	3 September 1667
	Location of birth/death	Granada	Granada
	Work location	Madrid, Valencia, Grenada
	Authority file	: Q378783 VIAF: 39650163 ISNI: 0000000083430743 ULAN: 500115519 LCCN: nr88012222 WGA: c/cano WorldCat

Bode Museum
	Native name	Bode Museum
	Parent institution	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
	Location	Mitte , Germany
	Coordinates	52° 31′ 19″ N, 13° 23′ 41″ E
	Established	1904
	Authority file	: Q157825 VIAF: 104146937731213830769 ISNI: 0000000123480535 LCCN: nr2007002827 NLA: 61540965 OSM: 2186879 WorldCat