# The Unicorn in Captivity

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## Artwork

- Artist: [UNKNOWN WEAVER, Flemish](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-weaver-flemish-rc6e052978b9cc0>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Wood, silk, metallic threads, 368 x 252 cm

## Commentary

This tapestry, showing the unicorn enclosed in a garden fence under a pomegranate tree, is the seventh in a series of seven representing the Hunt of the Unicorn. These tapestries may have been designed to celebrate a marriage.

## Related artworks

- [A Ballad](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-weaver-flemish-rc6e052978b9cc0/a-ballad-r20e2c03988b12b>)
- [Scenes of the Passion of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-weaver-flemish-rc6e052978b9cc0/scenes-of-the-passion-of-christ-r0d7e9cd730e3f6>)
- [The Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-weaver-flemish-rc6e052978b9cc0/the-annunciation-r485b5ffa99d64d>)
- [The End of the Hunt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-weaver-flemish-rc6e052978b9cc0/the-end-of-the-hunt-r203c4ad33b888a>)
- [The Holy Family](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-weaver-flemish-rc6e052978b9cc0/the-holy-family-r0536911a6560e5>)
- [The Offering of the Heart](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-weaver-flemish-rc6e052978b9cc0/the-offering-of-the-heart-r05e1bd885a19f9>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)