Eugene Delacroix (Set of USSR Postcards, 1959)

  Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix (26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school.

• Liberty Leading the People is a painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X of France (Location: Louvre, Paris, France).

• Liberty Leading the People, 1830 (fragment).

• Woman with a Parrot, 1827 (Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, Lyon, France).
• Arab Comedians, 1848 (Location: Museum of Fine Arts of Tours, Tours, France).

• Saint Georges fighting with the Dragon, 1854 (Location: Museum of Grenoble, Grenoble, France).
• Lion Hunt in Morocco, 1854 (Location: State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia).

• Marocan and his horse, 1855 (Location: State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia).

• The Death of Ophelia, 1843 (Location: Private Collection).

• Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard, 1843 (Location: Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France).

• The Scene in Auerbach's Cellar.

• Country: USSR
• Year: 1959
• Subject: Art
• Impression: 50 000

Self Portrait (Titian)

  Self-Portrait is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Italian painter Titian. Dating to about 1560, when Titian was at least 70 years old, it is the latter of two surviving self-portraits by the artist.

  Postage stamp was printed in Bulgaria in 1986.

• Original name: "Автопортрет"
• Country: Bulgaria
• Year: 1986-12-23
• Series: Art
• Perforation: comb 14
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Size: 33 x 56 mm
• Colors: Multicolor
• Face value: 42 ст
• Number of catalogue Michel: BG 3535

Venus with a Mirror (Titian)

  Venus with a Mirror (about 1555) is a painting by Titian, now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and it is considered to be one of the collection's highlights. 

  Postage stamp was printed in Bulgaria in 1986.

• Original name: "Тоалетът на Венера"
• Country: Bulgaria
• Year: 1986-12-23
• Series: Art
• Perforation: comb 14
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Size: 33 x 56 mm
• Colors: Multicolor
• Face value: 32 ст
• Number of catalogue Michel: BG 3534

Tarquin and Lucretia (Titian)

  Tarquin and Lucretia is an oil painting attributed to Titian, dated to around 1571. It was probably a commission for Philip II of Spain, remaining in his successors' collection until 1813, when it seems to have been taken to France by Joseph Bonaparte after he gave up the Spanish throne - after several private owners, it is now held at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. 

  Postage stamp was printed in Bulgaria in 1986.

• Original name: "Лукреция и Тарквиний"
• Country: Bulgaria
• Year: 1986-12-23
• Series: Art
• Perforation: comb 14
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Size: 33 x 56 mm
• Colors: Multicolor
• Face value: 20 ст
• Number of catalogue Michel: BG 3532

Flora (Titian)

  Titian`s painting "Flora", completion date: 1515 - 1517. Gallery: The Uffizi Gallery, Italy. Postage stamp was printed in Bulgaria in 1986.

• Original name: "Флора"
• Country: Bulgaria
• Year: 1986-12-23
• Series: Art
• Perforation: comb 14
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Size: 33 x 56 mm
• Colors: Multicolor
• Face value: 13 ст
• Number of catalogue Michel: BG 3531

Girl with fruit platter (Titian)

  Titian`s painting "Girl with a Basket of Fruits (Lavinia)", completion date: 1558. Gallery: The National Museum in Berlin, Germany. Postage stamp was printed in Bulgaria in 1986.

• Original name: "Момине с фруктиера"
• Country: Bulgaria
• Year: 1986-12-23
• Series: Art
• Perforation: comb 14
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Size: 33 x 56 mm
• Colors: Multicolor
• Face value: 5 ст
• Number of catalogue Michel: BG 3530

Virgin and Child, by Niccolo Abbate (1512 - 1571)

  Niccolò dell'Abbate, sometimes Nicolò and Abate (1509 or 1512 – 1571) was an Italian Mannerist painter in fresco and oils. He was of the Emilian school, and was part of the team of artists called the School of Fontainebleau that introduced the Italianate Renaissance to France. He may be found indexed under either "Niccolò" or "Abbate", though the former is more correct.

• Original Name: "Virgen y niño, Niccolo Abbate, 1512 - 71"
• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Year: 1986-11-05
• Series: Paintings from the National Museum, Havana
• Subject: Art
• Value: 6 с
• Number of catalogue Michel: CU 3065

Sed, by Jehan-Georges Vibert (1840 - 1902)

  Jehan Georges Vibert or Jean Georges Vibert (30 September 1840 – 28 July 1902) was a French academic painter.

• Original Name: "Sed, by Jean-Georges Vibert, 1840 - 1902"
• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Year: 1986-11-05
• Series: Paintings from the National Museum, Havana
• Subject: Art
• Value: 4 с
• Number of catalogue Michel: CU 3064

Bullfight, by Eugenio de Lucas Velazquez (1824-1870)

  Eugenio Lucas Velazquez (Madrid, February 9, 1817 - Madrid, 11 September 1870) was a Spanish painter belonging to romanticism, called in the past Eugenio Lucas and Padilla, when it is believed native of Alcala de Henares.

• Original Name: "Corrida, Eugenio De Lucas Velazquez, 1824-70"
• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Year: 1986-11-05
• Series: Paintings from the National Museum, Havana
• Subject: Art
• Value: 10 с
• Number of catalogue Michel: CU 3066

The five senses, anonymous Flamenco (XVII century)

• Original Name: "Los cinco sentidos, anonimo Flamenco, S. XVII"
• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Year: 1986-11-05
• Series: Paintings from the National Museum, Havana
• Subject: Art
• Value: 30 с
• Number of catalogue Michel: CU 3067

Two Children, Gutierrez de la Vega (1805-1865)

  Gutiérrez de la Vega and Carrizo (Seville, 1781 - Madrid, 1865). Spanish painter specializing in portraits and religious subjects. He was an honorary court painter, professor and deputy director of the Academy of Fine Arts of St. Elizabeth of Hungary in Seville and member of the Board of Artistic and Literary Liceo Madrid. 

  Postage stamp was printed in Cuba in 1986.

• Original Name: "Dos ninos, Gutierrez de la Vega, 1805-1865"
• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Year: 1986-11-05
• Series: Paintings from the National Museum, Havana
• Subject: Art
• Value: 2 с
• Number of catalogue Michel: CU 3063

Knight on bay horse, Piotr Michalowski (1801-1855)

  Piotr Michałowski (July 2, 1800 – June 9, 1855) was a Polish painter of the Romantic period, especially known for his many portraits, and oil studies of horses. Broadly educated, he was also a social activist, legal advocate, city administrator and President of the Kraków Agricultural Society (since 1853).[1] The Sukiennice Museum, a division of the National Museum in Kraków, contains a room named after him and devoted to Michałowski's work.

  Postage stamp was printed in Poland in 1968.

• Country: Poland
• Year: 1968-10-01
• Subject: Persons, Art
• Estimated cost: 40 zl. (at the rate of exchange 1968)
• Number of catalogue Michel: PL 1864