
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Unicorn Purifies Water (from the Unicorn Tapestries)
- Date
- 1495–1505
- Medium
- Wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts
- Culture
- French (cartoon)/South Netherlandish (woven)
- Department
- The Cloisters
- Institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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