CARAVAGGIO (29 September 1571 - 18 July 1610); commemorative stamp issued by the Italian Post Office for the 4th centenary of the birth of Michelangelo Merisi; credited at the time to 28 September 1573. In the vignette; a stylization of the famous "San Giovanni Battista" preserved at the Capitoline Museums in Rome. Drawing by Vittorio Nicastro; nominal value 25 lire; IPS intaglio and offset printing; Rome. Italy; issued September 28; 1973