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Country:: Colombia
Series:: Popayán, 450th Anniv.
Catalog codes:: VisitColnectCom
Themes:: Art | Paintings
Issued on:: iInfringe
Size:: 30 x 40 mm
Colors:: Multicolor
Watermark:: No Watermark
Printers:: Carvajal S.A.
Format:: Stamp
Emission:: Air Post
Perforation:: 12
Printing:: Offset lithography
Face value:: 100 $ - Colombian peso
Print run:: 250,000
Score:: 62% Accuracy: Medium
Description:: Fresko by Efraim Martinez Zambrano (1898-1956)

The apotheosis of Popayán, located in the Francisco José de Caldas Auditorium of the University of Cauca, reflects the history of all the illustrious men of Popayán in a romantic parade. The picture is 54 square meters, 9 meters long by 6 meters high. It was considered, at least in 1986, the largest oil painting ever painted in the world. The artist began painting "The Apotheosis of Popayán " In october 1935 and worked intensely for six consecutive years and then intermittently, up to six months before his death in 1956.
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