The Met Unicorn Print

Discover unicorn styles inspired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cloisters. Metropolitan Museum of Art Christmas ornaments. Make a holiday tradition of The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (1495-1505), an iconic French and South Netherlandish textile at The Met Cloisters.

This medieval masterwork depicts a unicorn resting in a garden enclosure beneath a pomegranate tree, enveloped by a millefleurs backdrop of richly symbolic plants. Add this lustrous unicorn to your. Unicorn at the Fountain Tapestry Wall Hanging Medieval Art NOT PRINT Chasse a la Licorne Metropolitan Museum Hunt Series Hunters H27" x W27" MedievalWallTapestry $93.80 $134.00 (30% off) FREE shipping.

The seven individual hangings known as "The Unicorn Tapestries," are among the most beautiful and complex works of art from the late Middle Ages that survive. Luxuriously woven in fine wool and silk with silver and gilded threads, the tapestries vividly depict scenes associated with a hunt for the elusive, magical unicorn. "The Unicorn Rests in a Garden" may have been created as a single image.

The Met is still closed and will remain so at least until the end of the month. As part of its Insider Insights webseries, the museum has released an in-depth exploration of the Unicorn Tapestries focusing on one piece in particular: The Unicorn Purifies Water, described as "the most lyrical" of the set. Among the most popular attractions at The Cloisters, the medieval branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is a set of tapestries depicting the hunt of the fabled unicorn.

This is the first book in more than two decades on these extraordinarily beautiful works of art. Each of the seven exquisite tapestries is reproduced in large color. On permanent exhibition at The Cloisters, in New York, seven late Gothic tapestries portray the Hunt of the Unicorn.

Like the unicorn himself, they are one of the marvels of the world, for in no other work of art anywhere is the pursuit and capture of this magical creature presented in such astonishing detail, with such command of pictorial verisimilitude and symbolic intention. In a duality. Search art at the Metropolitan Museum.Show Only: Highlights Artworks With Image Artworks on Display Open Access.

The Unicorn in Captivity (from the Unicorn Tapestries), 1495-1505. South Netherlandish. Wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts.

Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937. The seven individual hangings known as The Unicorn Tapestries, are among the most beautiful and complex works of art from the late Middle Ages that survive.

Luxuriously woven in fine wool and silk with silver and. Add this lustrous unicorn to your seasonal decor or display it year-round. To about the history of The Met Store's collectible art ornaments and shop other art-inspired designs, read our blog post here.