Rainbow in the wings (Jan Van Eyck [1390-1441)

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    DesertStar7 Guest

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    I'm looking at Medieval depictions of angels (doing lots of reading of High Middle Ages especially; van Eyck was at Later Middle Ages).

    Surprised to see rainbow colors utilized.

    Hans Memling also included a rainbow or two in his paintings (not specific to angels).

    Lovely.
     
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