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La Licorne débusquée

1495–1505
On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 17
Le décor de cette tapisserie — l’une des sept de l’ensemble consacré à la légende de la licorne et conservé dans les Cloîtres — montre l’animal mythique à genoux devant une fontaine où il plonge sa longue corne torsadée dans un ruisseau. Des couples de faisans et de chardonnerets sont perchés sur la margelle de la fontaine. Un chevreuil et des lapins se reposent dans la végétation parmi des bêtes sauvages, dont un lion. Douze chasseurs cernent les animaux avec leurs chiens en vue d’une attaque, tandis que la licorne purifie de sa corne magique un ruisseau bordé de plantes, dont la sauge et l’oranger, considérés comme des antidotes. Chacune des sept tapisseries est ornée des lettres A et E enlacées : il s’agit vraisemblablement des initiales du couple qui, le premier, les eut en sa possession.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: La Licorne débusquée
  • Date: 1495–1505
  • Aire géographique: Pays-Bas méridionaux
  • Technique: Fil de chaîne : laine ; fils de trame : laine, soie, argent et argent doré
  • Dimensions: 3,7 x 3,8 m
  • Crédits: Don de John D. Rockefeller Jr, 1937
  • Accession Number: 37.80.2
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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