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- Australia - Postage Stamp (Christmas Issue)
- Image based on sketch by Simone Cantarini titled "Virgin and Child"
- Issued on November 1, 1976 / photogravure / carmine and light blue
- Scott# 649 - Denomination: 15 cents - postal canceled (used), no gum
** Simone Cantarini (1612-1648 [died age 36]), also known as Simone da Pesaro, was an Italian painter and etcher of the Bolognese School of painting. Among his principal paintings are St. Anthony, at Cagli; the Magdalene, at Pesaro; the Transfiguration in the Brera Gallery, Milan; the Portrait of Guido, in the Bologna gallery; and St. Romuald, in the Casa Paolucci. His most celebrated etching is Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto, honoring the heraldic arms of Cardinal Borghese.