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Title
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Unicorn in Captivity
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Description
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The Unicorn in Captivity may have been created as a single image rather than part of a series. In this instance, the unicorn probably represents the beloved tamed. He is tethered to a tree and constrained by a fence, but the chain is not secure and the fence is low enough to leap over: The unicorn could escape if he wished. Clearly, however, his confinement is a happy one, to which the ripe, seed-laden pomegranates in the tree--a medieval symbol of fertility and marriage--testify.
Metropolitan Museum of Art [website]; http://www.metmuseum.org (accessed 5/30/2009)
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Identifier
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epowell
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Relation
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http://www.core.vraweb.org/examples/html/example012_full.html
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Type
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Tapestry
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Creator
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unknown (Netherlandish tapestry weaver)
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Date
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ca. 1495-1505 (creation)
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Format
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368 cm (height) x 251.5 cm (width)
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Spatial Coverage
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Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Cloisters (New York, New York, United States) 37.80.6 ;
Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937
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Extent
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18 MB
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Subject
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allegorical; animals; cycles or series; decorative arts; literary or legendary; plants; Animals, Mythical; Gardens; Unicorns; botanical studies; flowery mead; flowery mede; Mediaeval gardens; Middle Ages
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Is Part Of
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The Hunt of the Unicorn
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Medium
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wool warp, wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts
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Source
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Core 4 Sample Database (VCat)
