October 25th, 2009 
srmodh 
Title: Madonna and Sleeping Child
Date of Issue: 20 October 2009
Country: USA
Denominations: 44c
On October 20, 2009, in San Simeon, California, the Postal Service™ issued a 44–cent, Christmas: Madonna and Sleeping Child by Sassoferrato special stamp.
Since 1978, the theme of each “traditional” Christmas stamp has been the Madonna and Child.
The 2009 Christmas stamp features Madonna and Sleeping Child, a painting by Italian artist Giovanni Battista Salvi, (1609–1685), more commonly known as Sassoferrato. The painting depicted on the stamp shows a blonde Madonna clothed in red and cradling the sleeping Christ Child in purple cloth. From each of the two top corners, the childlike face of a cherub looks down from the clouds. The painting is currently in the collection of Hearst Castle in California.
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