Art & Paintings On Stamps

Islamic Miniature Paintings, issued by Mauritania on January 14, 1974:

Monarch of Mosul (Iraq) during musical party (detail), 1218-1219, frontispiece of Volume 17 from the book "Kitab al-Aghani (Book of Songs)" by Abu'l-Faraj al-Isfahani (897–967), a collection of songs by famous musicians and Arab poets:

A prince on the throne, Mamluk manuscript, Egypt, 1334, from Maqamat (Book of Congregations), by Abu Muhammed al Hariri (1054-1122), an Arab poet, scholar of the Arabic language and a high government official of the Seljuk Empire:

Caravan of Pilgrims travelling to Mecca, 1237, painting by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, a 13th-century Iraqi-Arab painter and calligrapher (noted for his illustrations of al-Hariri's Maqamat), from Maqamat (Book of Congregations), by Abu Muhammed al Hariri (1054-1122):

Islamic and Asiatic Art, issued by Kingdom of Yemen on August 25, 1967:

- Bayad Sins plays the Oud to the Ladies, from the Arabic tale Bayad and Riyad
- Pedanius Dioscorides, a Greek physician, pharmacologist and botanist, and a student, Folio from an Arabic manuscript of Dioscorides, De Materia Medica, 1229
- The Pharmacy, from the Materia Medica of Pedanius Dioscorides, Baghdad:
- The Scribe
- Abu Zayd asks to be taken over a boat:

- Mountains and Forests, by Wang Hwei, China
- Tiger, by Sim Sajoug, Korea
- Mountain Views, by Tong K'itch'ang, China (1601)
- Rama Lakshama and Shiva, a scene from the Ramayana Hindu epic, India, 16th Century
- Ladies, by Torii Kiyomitsu, Japan (1752-1815)

Czech Republic
Works of Art on Postage Stamps
May 7, 2024
The stamp set features paintings by Johann Elias Ridinger (1698-1767):
Hare Hunter and On the Hunt.

Czech Republic
Mural art of the Gothic Era
February 16, 2022
34Kc: Crucifixion, Chapel of St Catherine, Karlštejn Castle
40Kc: Life of St. Margaret (Detail), Velké Mezi#345;í#269;í Chateau

Malta
Saint George Paintings
April 23, 2003
Saint George and the Dragon (Gozo)
Martyrdom of Saint George (Qormi)

Vatican
International Year of Light
February 19, 2015
God Creates the Sun, Moon and Planets (detail) by Michelangelo (1475-1564), at the Sistine Chapel, Vatican

France
Red Cross
November 14, 2005
Diptych with Madonna and Martin van Nieuwenhove by Hans Memling (1430-1494)

Slovakia
Paintings
October 20, 2005
Supper at Emmaus (1654) by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)

Poland
Paintings
July 2, 2000
The stamp set features portraits by Piotr Michalowski (1800-1855):
70gr: Self-portrait
80gr: Portrait of Boy in a Hat

Famous art of India, issued by Yemen in 1968:

- Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur - 12th century
- Head of Apsara - 5th centuy
- kamodi Ragini - 16th century
- Virahini - 18th century
- Krishna and Radha - 18th century
- Girls swimming in a Lotus pond - 18th century

Islamic Miniatures and Paintings of the 12th-14th Century, issued by Ras Al Khaima in 1967:

- Solon Teaching Usury - Al-Mubashir ibn Fatik
- King Roger II of Sicily in a Muqarnas, Cappella Palatina
- Al-harith Speaks to Abu-Zayd. Maquamat of al-Hariri
- Monarch of Mosul (Iraq) during musical party (detail), 1218-1219, from the book "Kitab al-Aghani (Book of Songs)" by Abu'l-Faraj al-Isfahani (897–967)

Continue:

- Herons. Ali Ibn al-Durayhim al-Mawsili
- The Archangel
- Two Horsemen

In early May I posted a part set from Mahra State issued in 1967 shows Islamic miniature artworks:

http://goscf.com/t/5754&whichpage=37#805595

Here are the last two stamps in the set:

Paintings of Greek mythology images by Armando García-Menocal (1863 – 1942) exhibited in the National Museum, issued by Cuba on July 20, 1990

- The flute of god Pan
- Pastoral
- The abduction of Ganymede by god Zeus as an eagle
- Venus Anadyomene ("Venus rising from the Sea")