Statues On Stamps

Denmark
The 100th Anniversary of the First Danish Nobel Prize
November 7, 2003

Mod lyset is a bronze statue designed by Rudolph Tegner and was installed in Copenhagen in 1909. It commemorates Niels Ryberg Finsen, a Faroese-Danish physician and scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology in 1903. The statue symbolizes Finsen's principal scientific theory that sunlight can have healing properties.

Afghanistan
Heritage of Afghanistan
October 10, 2003
Statue from the Takht-i-Bahi Monastery

The life-size stone statue is located at the Takht-i-Bahi Buddhist monastic complex in the ancient kingdom of Gandhara (ca. 1st Century B.C. to 2nd Century A.D.).

Germany
Tourism
January 8, 2004
Leipzig Bach Monument stands at the St. Thomas Church (Thomaskirche) where Johann Sebastian Bach worked as the music director from 1723 until his death in 1750. The bronze statue of Johann Sebastian Bach by the Leipzig sculptor Carl Seffner was dedicated in 1908.

Croatia
Europa - Visit Croatia
May 9, 2012
Apoxyomenos (Scraper) is a 2nd - 1st Century B.C. Greek statue discovered in 1996 on the bottom of the sea near the Croatian islet of Vele Orjule, southeast of the island of Lošinj. This 192 cm-tall bronze statue is the most complete and best preserved among eight known Apoxyomenos statues.

Israel
The Art of Sculpture
March 15, 1984
The Roaring Lion at Kfar Giladi is a stone statue by Avraham Melnikov (1896 - 1960). It commemorates Joseph Trumpeldor and the defenders of Tel Hay in 1920.

Brazil
LUBRAPEX 90
September 22, 1990
Two stamps show statues in the Three Powers Plaza in Brasilia.
Two Warriors (1961) is a contemporary-style bronze statue by Bruno Giorgi (1905 - 1993). It honors the workers who built the city of Brasilia.
The Justice is a stone statue by Alfredo Ceschiatti (1918 - 1989) in front of the Supreme Court. The female figure with a blindfold symbolizes equality with no prejudice.

Norway
Contemporary Art
June 18, 1998
Set of three, one stamp shows the statue of late Norwegian king Haakon VII (1872 - 1957) at the 7 June Square in Oslo. The bronze statue is the work of sculptor Nils Aas (1933 - 2004).

France
Valenciennes
February 5, 2007
The design shows the monument of Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684 - 1721), a Late-Baroque painter. The statue was the work of sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827 - 1875), also born in Valenciennes.

France
Monument to the Polish Fighters 1939-1945
November 13, 1978
The stone statue by Andre Greck (1912 - 1993) portrays an allegory of victory holding a dead Polish fighter. It stands in Place de Varsovie in the 16th Arrondissement of Paris.

Italy
University of Ferrara
March 4, 1992
The stamp shows a statue of Alberto V d'Este (1347 - 1393) who founded the University of Ferrara in 1391.

United States
Leif Erikson
October 9, 1968
The stamp shows a bronze statue of Norse explorer Leif Erikson by American sculptor Stirling Calder, which stands in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Austria
EUROPA - Sculptures
May 8, 1974
King Arthur of England is a life-size bronze statue in the Court Church of Innsbruck. It was designed by Albrecht Dürer and cast by Peter Vischer the Elder in 1513.

Malta
Great Siege Monument
September 7, 1962
The Great Siege Monument is located in Valletta, Malta. It consists of three bronze statues symbolizing Faith, Fortitude and Civilization. The monument is the work of the sculptor Antonio Sciortino, and it was inaugurated in May 1927.

Germany
Tourism - Goethe-Schiller Monument
August 28, 1997
The Goethe–Schiller Monument in Weimar includes bronze statue of Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749–1832) and Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), the two most revered figures in German literature. The statues were the work of Ernst Rietschel in 1857.

Mexico
Art And Science Of Mexico
December 10, 1976
Equestrian statue of Charles IV of Spain is located in front of the National Museum of Art in Mexico City. It is a bronze sculpture cast by Manuel Tolsá in 1802.