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Bojnice
Altar FDC
Date of Issue: October 15, 1997
Name of Issue: Art - Nardo di Cione: Bojnice Altar,
detail of SS Peter and Lucy
14th Century Slovak National Gallery
Bojnice MuseumGraphic layout: Martin Cingovsky
Stamp Engraving: Rudolf Ciganik
Printing: Postal Stationery Printing House, Prague
Print Technology: Recess printing from flat plates Print Technology:
Recess printing from flat plates
FDC Motif: Bojnice Altar, detail of Virgin and Child (among the Saints)
FDC Engraving: Rudolf Ciganik
Cancellation Design: Rudolf Ciganik
FDC Printing: Postal Stationery Printing House, Prague
Print Run: 400,000
FDC Print Run: 10,000
©1997 by Ministry of Transport, Posts and
Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic
The Bojnice Altar
was executed in tempera on wood panels in the 1350's.
The figures represented are as follows:
St James, St Jerome, the Virgin and Child, St John the
Baptist, and St Rainier, SS Augustin and Mary Magdelene, SS Paul and
Catherine, Christ between the Virgin and St John the Apostle, SS Lucy and
Peter, and St John Gualbert.
The altar is the work of Nardo di
Cione, who is
mentioned in 1343 and who died in 1365 or 1366 in Florence. Born into a
numerous family of artists, Nardo di Cione was the foremost exponent of
Florentine painting following the Black Death epidemic in the latter half
of the 14th century. Together with his brother Andrea he influenced most
of the Tuscany painters of his day.
The Bojnice Altar - the only work by Nardo di Cione to survive intact -
was one of the most important items in the collections of Count Jan
Frantisek PaIfy. After an absence of sixty-two years it is once more
housed in Bojnice Castle.
We have several
FDC sets available at US $12.50
If you are interested in getting one
please send check to:
Vladimir Linder
3804 Yale Street, Burnaby, BC,
V5C 1P6, CANADA
Phone/Fax: 604-291-8065
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