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

by Adolfo 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.

Accession 28638 ISBN 0810939479 Publisher Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
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