Statues On Stamps

Spain
Tourism - Lady of Elche
July 23, 1969
The Lady of Elche is a sandstone bust that was discovered in 1897 at L'Alcúdia, an archaeological site. The Lady of Elche is generally known as an Iberian sculpture from the 4th Century B.C., although the artisanship suggests strong Hellenistic influences. Currently the statue is kept in the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid.

Spain - Greece Joint Issue
Mediterranean Archeology
September 13, 2007
The statue of Asclepios at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens is one meter high and is made of Pentelic marble. It was found in Piraeus, and all that remains is the upper torso without arms. Asclepios is the Greek God of medicine.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting Aufsteigender ("Ascending Man," 1966/67), a statue by German sculptor Fritz Cremer (1906-1993), designed by Peter Korn, printed by photogravure, and issued by East Germany (DDR) on May 22, 1984, Scott No. 2413, Michel No. 2875, plus a photograph of the statue.

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Spain
Quadricentennial of the Reform of St Theresa of Ávila
April 10, 1962
The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa is the central sculptural group in white marble set in an elevated aedicule in the Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome. It was designed and completed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598 - 1680). It is generally considered to be one of the sculptural masterpieces of the High Roman Baroque. It pictures Teresa of Ávila (1515 - 1582) who was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint.

San Marino
EUROPA - Sculptures
May 9, 1974
The design shows a bronze sculpture Grande Pattinatrice No. 2 by Italian sculptor Emilio Greco (1913 - 1995).

San Marino
Definitive Issue - Sculptures
June 13, 1987
The bronze sculpture Pietà is the work of the modern Italian sculptor Luciano Minguzzi (1911 - 2004). The satue is part of the collection on display at the Museo all'aperto, Cava dei Balestrieri Garden in San Marino.

Monaco
Sculptures of François-Joseph Bosio
July 12, 1948
Baron François Joseph Bosio (1768 – 1845) was a French sculptor who achieved distinction with his work for Napoleon and for the restored French monarchy. His marble sculpture La Nymphe Salmacis (Louvre LP 1307), 80 cm in height, was carved in 1826.

Berlin (Germany)
50th Anniversary of the passing of Ernst Barlach
October 13, 1988
Ernst Barlach (1870 – 1938) was a German expressionist sculptor, printmaker and writer. The commemorative stamp features his sculpture Der Sammler (Bronze, 1913)

Mittelbau-Dora was a Nazi German concentration camp located near Nordhausen in Thuringia, Germany. The majority of the camp's inmates were from the Soviet Union, Poland and France. Here is an image of a stamp depicting the national memorial monument to the victims of the Mittelbau-Dora camp, designed by Hans Detlefsen (1923-1992), printed by photogravure, and issued by East Germany (DDR) on August 28, 1979, Scott No. 2037, plus an image of a photograph of the monument.

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Germany
Centenary of the National Museum at Nuremberg
August 9, 1952
The Nuremberg Madonna is a live-sized limewood statue with old coloring. A unknown master from Nuremberg created this unusual Mater Dolorosa at ca. 1550.

DDR (Germany)
Sculptures by Balthasar Permoser
October 23, 1984
Balthasar Permoser (1651 – 1732) was a prominent German sculptor of the late Baroque and early Rococo styles. He worked in Italy from 1675 to 1689. In 1869 he was appointed court sculptor in Dresden, where he lived the remainder of his life.
One of the five stamps features his statue Der Sommer from the group of Four Seasons (1685 - 1690). The ivory statue is 22.5 cm high.

Berlin (Germany)
Art Treasures in Berlin Museums
November 17, 1967
Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer (1696 – 1770) was an important Rococo stuccoist and sculptor, active in southern Germany and Switzerland. The stamp shows his wood carving Madonna (1740).

Liechtenstein
EUROPA - Sculptures
March 21, 1974
One stamp shows the statuette Kneeling Woman Bathing by the Italian sculptor Francesco Susini (1585 - 1653). The sculpture is a 26 cm high bronze with gold-brown lacquer patina.

Austria
Christmas - Krumau Madonna
November 14, 2014
The Krumau Madonna (ca. 1400) is a 112 cm-high polychromed limestone statue by a unknown Bohemian master. The Madonna is now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna and is considered the epitome of late Gothic Madonna Sculptures.

Austria
The 75th Anniversary of the Republic of Austria
November 12, 1993
The statue of Athena is the centerpiece of the Pallas Athena Fountain in front of the Austrian Parliament Building in Vienna. Athena is dressed in armor with a gilded helmet, her left hand holds a spear, her right carries Nike. The fountain, which was unveiled in 1902, was created by sculptors Carl Kundmann, Josef Tautenhayn and Hugo Haerdtl, based on the plans by Baron von Hansen.