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CatholicVote: Student of Catholic College Helps Restore Painting Featured on USPS Christmas Stamp – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

CatholicVote: Student of Catholic College Helps Restore Painting Featured on USPS Christmas Stamp

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By Rachel Quackenbush, CatholicVote, November 22, 2024

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CV NEWS FEED // A student of the Catholic Marian University in Indianapolis played a key role in restoring a 17th-century painting of the Madonna and Child that the United States Postal Service (USPS) selected as the image for its 2024 Christmas stamp.

The painting, attributed to the workshop of Italian artist Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, has been part of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields (IMA) collection since 1938, the Archdiocesan newspaper of Indianapolis reported. The USPS produced 210 million copies of the stamp featuring the painting for widespread distribution.

Allie Miller, a senior studying chemistry and art studio at Marian University, contributed to the painting’s conservation during her internship at the IMA, where she analyzed the pigments used in the painting and the ingredients of its varnish.

“It’s hard to process how big this project is,” Miller said. “The stamp is going to be seen around the world. This is something that I will forever in some way have my name attached to. It’s honestly kind of mind-blowing.”…

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