# The Unicorns

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MOREAU, Gustave](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moreau-gustave-rd68b8ab8b89093>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 115 x 90 cm

## Commentary

Theme was inspired by the Cluny tapestry &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/zzdeco/2tapestr/1/01f\_1501.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/zzdeco/2tapestr/1/01f\_1501.html&#34;&gt;The Lady with the Unicorn&lt;/a&gt; and the landscape of the allegory of the &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/c/costa/lorenzo/isabella.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/c/costa/lorenzo/isabella.html&#34;&gt;Court of Isabelle d&#39;Este&lt;/a&gt; by Lorenzo Costa, which Gustave Moreau had studied at the Louvre.

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- [Moses](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moreau-gustave-rd68b8ab8b89093/moses-rff25fb380150a0>)
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## Attribution

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