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The Unicorn is Killed and Brought to the Castle, c.1500 (wool warp with wool, silk,...

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The Unicorn is Killed and Brought to the Castle, c.1500 (wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts)
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Netherlandish School (16th century) / Netherlandish
Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Medium
wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts
Date
1495 AD - 1505 AD (C15th AD - C16th AD)
Dimensions
368.3 x 388.6 cms
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Probably designed in Paris but woven in Brussels, The Unicorn Tapestries show the hunt of the mythical creature using imagery both secular and religious - the death of the unicorn an allegory for the crucifixion. Thetapestries were looted from the chateau at Verteuil during the French Revolution.

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allegory / tree / injury / castle / woman / unicorn / animal / fantastic creature / nobility / society / capture / religious / trees / lord / hunt / animals / landscape / weaving / cross / wall hanging / woven / lady / aristocrats / secular / dogs / horn / tapestry / thorns / lance / flowers / hunters / dead / middle ages / fauna / medieval / magical / allegory / passion / spears / body / holly / pursuit / creature / flora / hanging / hunting / magic / nobility / unicorn / gothic / hounds / mythical

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