"Madonna and Child with Bird" This year's new Christmas Stamp
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Colorado residents will become the first nationally to see and buy the U.S. Postal Service's 2006 national Christmas Stamp. The stamp will be sold at nationwide post offices the on October 18th.
The painting that is pictured on the stamp - "Madonna and Child with Bird" - is on display at the museum. Dating back to around 1765, the oil-on-canvas painting is attributed to Ignacio Chacon, an artist who painted from about 1745 to 1775 in Cuzco, Peru.
The painting is part of the Engracia and Frank Barrows Freyer Collection of Peruvian colonial art at the museum.
The colorful 39-cent stamp shows the words “Christmas,” along with the image of the painting, the artist’s name and the words “Denver Art Museum.”
