Madonna of the Candelabra 2011

n October 13, 2011, in New York, New York, the Postal Service™ issued a Madonna of the Candelabra by Raphael definitive stamp (Forever® priced at 44 cents), in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) double-sided booklet of 20 stamps.

The 2011 Christmas stamp features a detail from a work by the Italian master Raphael, entitled Madonna of the Can­delabra. This tondo (circular painting), oil on panel, dates to around 1513 and is now in the collection of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. 

Richard Sheaff served as art director for this issuance.