Mexico banknotes 5 Pesos bank note 1882 Banco Mercantil Mexicano, P-S243s.
Obverse: Vignette of Ships in the stormy sea at left, one of the two famous "daydreaming angels" (cherubs) from Raphael's painting "Sistine Madonna." at center and seated woman with large spool of thread at right.
Reverse: Monument to Christopher Columbus in Mexico City.
Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York.
Sistine Madonna, also called La Madonna di San Sisto, is an oil painting by the Italian artist Raphael. Commissioned in 1512 by Pope Julius II as an altarpiece for the church of San Sisto, Piacenza, it was one of the last Madonnas painted by the artist. Relocated to Dresden from 1754, the well-known painting has been particularly influential in Germany. After World War II, it was relocated to Moscow for a decade before it was returned to Germany. There, it resides as one of the central pieces in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister. The painting has been highly praised by many notable critics, and Giorgio Vasari called it a "a truly rare and extraordinary work".
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