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The Unicorn Tapestries | Explore & Learn

... D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937 (37.80.3) Gallery, The Cloisters Philippe de Montebello tells the story of the hunt of the unicorn Illustrated story of the hunt of the unicorn. As early as the seventeenth century, the Unicorn Tapestries were ...

The Unicorn Tapestries | Explore & Learn

... Museum of Art, New York Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937 (37.80.2) The lymerer with his scent dog is revealing the unicorn in its hiding place to the hunting party. The hunting horn on his hip will be used to announce the release of ...

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Unicorn in Captivity, The [South Netherlandish] (37.80.6) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

... 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. The Unicorn in Captivity may have been created as a single image rather than part ...

The Unicorn is Attacked [South Netherlandish] (37.80.3) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

... from which they came, the patron or patrons for whom they were made, and the metaphoric links between the scenes of the unicorn hunt and the life and Passion of Christ. In this hanging, the unicorn, pursued by men and dogs, crosses a rivulet deep in ...

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Works of Art: The Cloisters

... works of art from his own collection (including the celebrated set of seven South Netherlandish tapestries depicting "The Hunt of the Unicorn") and established an endowment for operations and future acquisitions. The new museum building was ...

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