A Hunter Sounds the Capture of the Unicorn by the Maiden; The Maiden's Companion Signals to the Hunters

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Title/Caption	A Hunter Sounds the Capture of the Unicorn by the Maiden; The Maiden's Companion Signals to the Hunters
Date of Work	ca. 1495-1505
Description of View	Southern Netherlands. In these two fragments of a single tapestry, the unicorn appears to have been tamed. He seems so docile, in fact, that is oblivious to the dog licking the wound on his back and stares loving at the maiden who must have subdued him. Most of her figure is missing, the result of damage incurred after the tapestries were looted in 1793. The remaining traces include the maiden's right arm, clothed in red velvet and visible between the beard and throat of the unicorn, and her fingers, seen gently caressing the bottom of the animal's mane. She sits in an enclosed garden (hortus conclusus), often a metaphor for the purity of a maiden. The more complete female figure may be signaling to the hunter outside the garden, who in turn sounds the horn to summon the others.
Technique/Process	tapestries
Materials/Medium	Wool warp, wool, silk, silver and gilt wefts
Dimensions	38.51.1: 78 x 25 1/2 in. (198.1 x 64.8 cm); 38.51.2: 66 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. (168.9 x 64.8 cm)
Period	Sixteenth Century
Culture	Netherlandish
Location.Current Site/City & Country	New York (N.Y.)
Location.Current Repository	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Repository Notes	Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937
Subject	Tapestry, Gothic Unicorns in art Art and mythology Christian art and symbolism
Publisher	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Publisher.Location	New York (N.Y.)
Credit Line	Image [copyright] The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Reference Number	Met-3898
Collection Title	Decorative arts, furnishings and equipment (Art and Art History Department images)
Collection Information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu:2000/ah_copyright.html

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