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Hallazgo del unicornio

1495–1505
On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 17
En este tapiz, parte de una serie de siete en Los Claustros, un unicornio (animal mítico parecido a un caballo) se arrodilla junto a una fuente y moja su largo cuerno espiral en el riachuelo que mana de ella. Pares de faisanes y jilgueros se posan en el borde de la fuente. Ciervos y conejos descansan en la vegetación junto a animales salvajes, entre ellos un león. Doce cazadores y sus perros rodean a los animales, planeando un ataque. Plantas que se suponían antídotos contra los venenos, como la salvia o la naranja, florecen cerca del riachuelo purificado por el cuerno mágico del unicornio. Los siete tapices de Los Claustros ostentan las letras A y E entrelazadas, quizá las iniciales de los primeros propietarios.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Hallazgo del unicornio
  • Fecha: 1495–1505
  • Geografía: Países Bajos meridionales
  • Material: Urdimbre de lana con trama de lana, seda, plata, oro
  • Dimensiones: 3,7 x 3,8 m
  • Crédito: Donación de John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937
  • Número de inventario: 37.80.2
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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