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La maja vestida
The Clothed Maja ( ) is a pendant painting by the Spanish painter Francisco de Goya between 1800 and 1805. It is a clothed version of the earlier "La maja desnuda" (1797–1800) and is exhibited next to it in the same room at the Prado Museum in Madrid. 
The painting was first owned by Prime Minister Manuel de Godoy. It was twice in the collection of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, also in Madrid, being "sequestered" by the Spanish Inquisition
engraver of the series, José Sánchez-Toda, reproduced an alternative stamp essay prepared by him for issuance and depicting "La maja vestida", just in case if "Correos" refused to approve the bolder option. Approval of "La maja vestida" would have preserved all symbolism of the issue, though such choice would have been less scandalous. The Spanish governmental mail service, however, went all in.
Despite the fact that postage stamps are officially a 'business card' of the issuing country, one of