The Hunt of the Unicorn

The Hunt of the Unicorn, often referred to as the Unicorn Tapestries, is a series of seven tapestries dating from 1495–1505. The tapestries show a group of noblemen and hunters in pursuit of a Unicorn. It is believed to have come from a culture in the Southern Netherlands

The Start of the Hunt, ca. 1495–1505
Southern Netherlands
Wool warp; wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts; 12 ft 1 in. x 14 ft. 4 in. (368 x 315 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937 (37.80.1)



The Unicorn Is Found, ca. 1495–1505
Southern Netherlands
Wool warp; wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts; 12 ft 1 in. x 12 ft. 5 in. (368 x 379 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937 (37.80.2)



The Unicorn Leaps out of the Stream, ca. 1495–1505
South Netherlands
Wool warp, wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts; 12 ft. 1 in. x 14 ft. (368 x 427 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937 (37.80.3)



The Unicorn at Bay, ca. 1495–1505
South Netherlandish
Wool warp, wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts; 12 ft. 1 in. x 13 ft. 2 in. (368 x 401 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937 (37.80.4)



Two fragments of a lost tapestry from the Unicorn Tapestries, ca. 1495–1505
South Netherlandish
Wool warp, wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts; at the left, height 6 feet, 6 inches; width 2 feet, 1 inch (1.98 x .65 meters). At the right, height 5 feet, 6 inches; width 2 feet, 1 inch (1.69 x .65 meters)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937 (37.80.1,2)



The Unicorn Is Killed and Brought to the Castle, ca. 1495–1505
South Netherlandish
Wool warp, wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts; 12 ft. 1 in. x 12 ft. 9 in. (368 x 389 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937 (37.80.5)



The Unicorn in Captivity, ca. 1495–1505
South Netherlandish
Wool warp, wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts; 12 ft. 1 in. x 8 ft. 3 in. (368 x 252 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937 (37.80.5)

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