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)


Waiting to drink the water in safety are creatures whose natures were praised by medieval writers.

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