Masterpieces: The Unicorn Tapestries

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  The Hunters Enter the Woods

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  The Unicorn Purifies Water 

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  The Unicorn Crosses a Stream 

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  The Unicorn Defends Himself 

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  The Unicorn Surrenders to a Maiden

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  The Hunters Return to the Castle

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  The Unicorn Rests in a Garden

The Unicorn Tapestries, 1495-1505, France [Paris]; The Netherlands [Southern Netherlands].

Wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts,

overall: 145 x 149 in. (368.3 x 378.5 cm).

The seven individual hangings known as “The Unicorn Tapestries,” are among the most beautiful and complex works of art from the late Middle Ages that survive. Luxuriously woven in fine wool and silk with silver and gilded threads, the tapestries vividly depict scenes associated with a hunt for the elusive, magical unicorn. 

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Long form articles:

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-unicorn-tapestries-1495-1505

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/11/18/the-secret-of-the-unicorn-tapestries/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/04/11/capturing-the-unicorn

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-mystery-mets-unicorn-tapestries-remains-unsolved

https://www.theepochtimes.com/explainer-the-symbolism-of-the-lady-and-the-unicorn-tapestry-cycle_2441492.html

What Makes The Unicorn Tapestries So Fascinating?

The Unicorn Tapestries – Allegory of Christ, or a Happy Husband?

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The Unicorn Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Adolfo Salvatore Cavallo

Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art

ISBN 10: 0870998692 ISBN 13: 9780870998690

UNICORN TAPESTRIES

FREEMAN, MARGARET B.

Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art

ISBN 10: 0870991477 ISBN 13: 9780870991479

The Oak King, the Holly King and the Unicorn: The Myths and Symbolism of the Unicorn Tapestries

Williamson, John

Published by Olympic Marketing Corp (1986)

ISBN 10: 0060155302 ISBN 13: 9780060155308