Leaf from a Book of Hours: Annunciation, Nativity and Two Prophets
Cleveland Museum of Art

Leaf from a Book of Hours: Annunciation, Nativity and Two Prophets

Master of Riccardiana 231 (Italian) · c. 1485

tempera and gold on parchment
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Peacocks were often used in medieval Christian art as a symbol of the resurrection and eternal life.

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