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The unicorn tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art / Alfredo Salvatore Cavallo

This study examines seven late fifteenth-century Dutch tapestries depicting the hunt of the unicorn. It provides technical and historical analysis alongside colour plates illustrating the intricate naturalistic detail of the flora and fauna.

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