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JAn
KupeCkY
Self-portrait
with Portrait of his Wife
Date of Issue: October 15, 1997
Graphic lay-out: Martin Cingovsky
Stamp Engraving: Milos Ondracek
Printing: Postal Stationery Printing House, Prague Print Technology:
Recess printing from flat plates
Print Run: 400,000
FDC Motif: J.G. Saiter: Self-portrait by Jan Kupecky, detail, 1758,
copper engraving, Bratislava City Gallery
FDC Engraving: Milos Ondracek
Cancellation Design: Jozef Balaz
FDC Printing: Postal Stationery Printing House, Prague
Print Technology: Recess printing from flat plates
FDC Print Run: 10,000
© 1997 by Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications of the
Slovak Republic
JAN
KUPECKY
(1667 Pezinok-1740 Nuremberg). Painter and a leading representative of
the Baroque burgher portrait.
Born to a Czech family, Jan Kupecky spent the first fifteen years of his
life in Slovakia, where he learned his craft at Holic. After a period
in Vienna he left for Italy, whence he returned to the Austrian capital to
become one of the most sought-after portrait painters of his time.
Showered with commissions from the nobility, he traveled throughout
central Europe, painted the portrait of Peter the Great and refused an
appointment as second court artist. Influenced by the schools of Bologna,
Rome and Venice, he favored the French presentational type of portrait.
His oeuvre includes eighteen self-portraits.
Kupecky's works are to be found in Europe's leading galleries, while
Bratislava City Gallery boasts the most complete collection of prints
executed after his paintings (a procedure the artist himself facilitated).
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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