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Painted angel with golden curls and blue-and-gold wings plays a wooden flageolet, wearing a red robe and blue sleeve.

An Angel Playing a Flageolet

A winged angel with a golden-brown halo of curls plays a wooden flageolet, fingers poised over its holes. The figure wears a red robe over a blue sleeve, against a blue-grey and gold background with wings of blue and gold feathers.

Artist
Edward Burne-Jones
Date
1878
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
1000 × 1400 px
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Public domain · Edward Burne-Jones died 1898 and the work dates by 1878; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Edward Burne-Jones, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Español: Ángel tocando un flageolet

Un ángel alado con rizos dorados y castaños toca un flageolet de madera, con los dedos sobre sus orificios. Viste una túnica roja y una manga azul, frente a un fondo gris azulado y dorado, con alas de plumas azules y doradas.

Português: Anjo tocando um flageolet

Um anjo alado, com cachos dourados e castanhos, toca um flageolet de madeira, com os dedos sobre seus orifícios. Veste um manto vermelho e uma manga azul, diante de um fundo azul-acinzentado e dourado, com asas de penas azuis e douradas.

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