Botticelli – The Spring
Commemorating the 550th year of the birth of Botticelli, the post office of the Principality Of Monaco issued a stamp and a postmark of the same theme on 24/October/1995.
The Stamp reprises part of the original painting form Botticelli: “The Spring”. The painting, is Tempera on Wooden Panel. The Origin of the painting is unclear, but it looks that it was made sometimes between 1481-1482 (When Botticelli was working in the Sistine Chapel, in Rome) and 1499 (when the inventory records list it as part of the Medici city palace). In his 1550’s Life Of Botticelli, Vasari speaks of viewing the painting in the Medici residence in Castello, but says that the painting contained female nudes (which is not the case).
Annotations from Prof. Morera
“The artist produced this painting [230x314cm] for the Castello’s residence acquired by Lorenzo and Giovanni De Medici. Following the death of Lorenzo the painting and the residence became property of Giovanni delle Bande Nere. In 1815 the painting was transferred from the residence in Castello to the Uffizi Museum in Florence. This Maximum card was created by Cesare Rialdi.
Beautiful work, Together with a particularly high quality engraving on the stamp”.
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