Sculpture in art (2017)

La scultura nell'arte - Emissione 2017

On sale Yes
Face value Complete set 7,50 €
Stamp description

five stamps depicting sculptures in art:

€ 0.15: Diptych with consul Areobindus – det. (6th cent. AD). Paris, Musée National du Moyen Age – Thermes de Cluny.
© 2017. Photo Scala, Florence.

€ 0.95: Diptych Valve with figure of empress (6th cent. AD). Florence, Bargello National Museum.
© 2017. Photo Scala, Florence – courtesy of Ministero dei Beni e Attività Culturali.

€ 1.00: Barberini Diptych: central plate – det. (6th cent. AD). Paris, Louvre Museum.
© 2017. Photo Scala, Florence.

€ 2.55: Episcopal Throne of Maximian (6th cent. AD). Det. panel depicting St. John the Baptist.
© 2017. De Agostini Picture Library/Scala. Florence.

€ 2.85 Bishop’s chair of Maximian (6th cent. A.D.). Det. tile depicting St John the Baptist.
©2017. De Agostini Picture Library/Scala. Florence.

Date of issue 8 May 2017.
Face values five stamps (€ 0.15, € 0.95, € 1.00, € 2.55 and € 2.85) for a total of € 7,50.
Size 40 x 52 mm.
Perforation 13 x 13.
Print run six thousand complete sets.
Stamp sheet nine stamps.
Printed by offset. Cartor Security Printing, La Loupe, Francia.