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MEMLING, Hans: Angel with an Olive Branch, Emblem of Divine Peace

🖼 Angel with an Olive Branch, Emblem of Divine Peace, 1475-80
Oil on panel
16 × 10 cm
Paris, France

Serene and gilded, a winged figure holds an olive branch against deep blue, rendered with Flemish precision and luminous detail. This intimate devotional image symbolizes divine peace and redemption, exemplifying Northern Renaissance spiritual aspiration and courtly refinement.

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E. H. Gombrich
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