Giorgione - Sleeping Venus
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This unused Paraguay stamp is labeled Tiziano (Titian), it is clearly the Sleeping Venus by Giorgione This painting was unfinished at the time of Giorgione's death at age 32 and was completed by Titian. Titian then "stole" the reclining figure for his own Venus of Urbino, adding to possible confusion. A cancelled stamp is shown but not included to better display the entire image.
Raphael - Adam And Eve
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This unused Paraguay stamp is Raphael's ceiling fresco Adam and Eve. This painting was on the ceiling in the Stanza Della Segnatura room of the Papal palace in the Vatican. This room was one of a suite of four rooms originally intended as a suite of apartments for Pope Julius II.
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I have included a photo of a stamp before casting to better display the entire image.
Raphael - Portrait of a Young Woman, aka La fornarina
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This unused Paraguay stamp is Raphael's Portrait of a Young Woman, aka La fornarina. This painting was most likely in Raphael's studio at the time of his death, and may have been later modified and sold by one of his students. The model for the painting is generally believed to have been the baker (fornarina), Margherita Luti, Raphael's Roman lover for whom he provided in his will.
I have included a photo of a stamp before casting to better display the entire image.
I have included a photo of a stamp before casting to better display the entire image.
Raphael - Three Graces
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This unused Paraguay stamp is one of Raphael's early works. It depicts the three graces of Greek and Roman legend. This painting is now located in the Musée Condé in Chantilly, France.
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I have included a photo of a stamp before casting to better display the entire image.
Rubens - The Four Continents
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This unused Paraguay stamp is an excerpt of the right side of this painting by Peter Paul Rubens.
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I have included a photo of a stamp before casting to better display the entire image.
Rubens - Jupiter and Callisto
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This unused Paraguay stamp is Jupiter and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens. Callisto was one of Daina's nymphs. Diana's nymphs were expected to be as chaste as the goddess herself. One of them, Callisto, was seduced by Jupiter who first disguised himself as Diana in order to gain the nymphs presence.
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I have included a photo of a stamp before casting to better display the entire image.
Rubens - The Last Judgement
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This unused Paraguay stamp is an excerpt of the lower right quadrant of this painting by Peter Paul Rubens.
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I have included a photo of a stamp before casting to better display the entire image.
Rubens - The Meeting of Marie de' Medici and Henry IV at Lyons
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This unused Paraguay stamp is an excerpt of the two principle figures in this painting by Peter Paul Rubens.
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I have included a photo of a stamp before casting to better display the entire image.
Rubens - Susana and the Elders
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This unused Paraguay stamp is labeled "Susana in her Bath" (my translation). It is in fact an excerpt of the left side of this painting by Peter Paul Rubens which is now housed in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.
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I have included a photo of a stamp before casting to better display the entire image.
Rubens - The Union of Earth and Water
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This unused Paraguay stamp is The Union of Earth and Water by Peter Paul Rubens.
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I have included a photo of a stamp before casting to better display the entire image.