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The Hunt of the Unicorn

Northern Renaissance, 1495
The Hunt of the Unicorn, Northern Renaissance
The Hunt of the Unicorn, zoomed in
378.4 cmThe Hunt of the Unicorn scale comparison368.3 cm
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The Hunt of the Unicorn is a Northern Renaissance Textile artwork created in 1495. It lives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The image is in the Public Domain, and tagged Unicorn, Hunting and Tapestry. SourceDownload

The Hunt of the Unicorn, Northern Renaissance

The Unicorn in captivity.

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565
The Harvesters, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Harvesters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565
Harmonia Macrocosmica Plate 12 — Upright and Oblique Spheres, Andreas Cellarius

Harmonia Macrocosmica Plate 12 — Upright and Oblique Spheres

Andreas Cellarius, 1660
Swatch of Original Fabric, Varvara Stepanova

Swatch of Original Fabric

Varvara Stepanova, 1924
Death of Constantine, The Enlightenment

Death of Constantine

1623 – 1625
Sankofa Bird, Fantasy Coffin, Paa Joe

Sankofa Bird, Fantasy Coffin

Paa Joe, 1976 – 2016

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