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unknown (Netherlandish tapestry weaver) |
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Netherlandish; Flemish
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ca. 1495-1505 (creation) |
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The Unicorn in Captivity may have been created as a single image rather than part of a series. In this instance, the unicorn probably represents the beloved tamed. He is tethered to a tree and constrained by a fence, but the chain is not secure and the fence is low enough to leap over: The unicorn could escape if he wished. Clearly, however, his confinement is a happy one, to which the ripe, seed-laden pomegranates in the tree--a medieval symbol of fertility and marriage--testify. |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Cloisters (New York, New York, United States) 37.80.6 [location note] Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937
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wool warp, wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts |
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368 cm (height) x 251.5 cm (width) |
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partOf The Hunt of the Unicorn [Core 4 Sample Database, refid="25" relids="c_24"] |
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Core 4 Sample Database (VCat) [source, description] Metropolitan Museum of Art [website]; http://www.metmuseum.org (accessed 5/30/2009) |
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Medieval |
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allegorical; animals; cycles or series; decorative arts; literary or legendary; plants; Animals, Mythical; Gardens; Unicorns; botanical studies; flowery mead; flowery mede; Mediaeval gardens; Middle Ages |
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tapestry (process) |
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Unicorn in Captivity [en, cited, preferred]
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furnishings; wall hangings; tapestries |
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| image courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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184 kb
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[imageOf 25, Core 4 Sample Database (VCat)] |
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undetermined |
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VRA Data Standards Committee, Core 4 Sample Records
[href] http://aal.ucsd.edu/vracore4/
example012.html
[source of image] Metropolitan Museum
of Art [website];
http://www.metmuseum.org
(accessed 5/30/2009)
[href] http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_
Art/collection_database/
the_cloisters/the_unicorn_in_captivity/
objectview.aspx?OID=70007568&
collID=7&dd1=7 |
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digital imaging
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Overall view of single tapestry |
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digital image
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