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Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence

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December 
The Unicorn Defends Itself
From a set of four (or more) pieces of the Hunt of the Unicorn
Design and cartoon attributed to the Paris workshop of the Master of the Très Petites Heures of Anne of Brittany
Woven in an unknown workshop, the southern Netherlands, ca. 1495–1505
Wool, silk, and silver- and gilt-metal-wrapped thread; 12 ft. 7/8 in. x 13 ft. 1 7/8 in. (368 x 401 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937 (37.80.4)



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