The Unicorn Is Found (detail), ca. 1495–1505
Southern Netherlands
Wool warp; wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts; 12 ft 1 in. x 12 ft. 5 in. (368 x 379 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937 (37.80.2)


The hunters gather around a fountain; they watch the milk-white unicorn dip his purifying horn into a poisoned stream.

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