Virgin and Child 2022 Forever Postage Stamps Self-Adhesive Booklet for Holiday Mail

Depicting the tender bond between a mother and her child, interpretations of the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child take innumerable forms in the Christian art of the Italian Renaissance. This stamp features Virgin and Child, an oil-on-panel painting from the first half of the 16th century.

The original painting, owned by various notable individuals, ended up in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts through a series of sales and bequests.