The Unicorn Tapestries | Explore & Learn | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Unicorn in Captivity (detail), ca. 1495–1505
South Netherlandish
Wool warp, wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts; 12 ft. 1 in. x 8 ft. 3 in. (368 x 252 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937 (37.80.5)

What appears to be blood on the unicorn's body is pomegranate juice dripping from the tree above.

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