Madonna and Child, by Giotto di Bondone

A 32-cent Madonna and Child commemorative stamp was issued on October 19, 1995, in Washington, D.C. The stamp was issued in a pane of 50 and a booklet of 20. Designed by Richard D. Sheaff, of Boston, Massachusetts, the stamp features Florentine artist Giotto di Bondone's Madonna and Child, which dates to the early fourteenth century. The painting, which is part of the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., was created on wood as the central part of a five-section altarpiece. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing produced the stamps in the offset/intaglio process.