The Unicorn Purifies Water (from the Unicorn Tapestries), 1495–1505
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The Unicorn Purifies Water (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

1495–1505

Medium
Wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts
Classification
Textiles-Tapestries
Dimensions
Overall: 145 x 149in. (368.3 x 378.5cm)
Culture
French (cartoon)/South Netherlandish (woven)
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters
Credit line
Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art