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The Unicorn Defends Itself (from the Unicorn Tapestries). Culture: South Netherlandish. Dimensions: Overall: 145 x 158 in. (368.3 x 401.3cm). Date: 1495. Download this stock image: The Unicorn Defends Itself (from the Unicorn Tapestries). Culture: South Netherlandish. Dimensions: Overall: 145 x 158 in. (368.3 x 401.3cm). Date: 1495-1505. Here the injured unicorn is being held at bay by three hunters ready to pierce him with their lances. The furious animal reacts with a gruesome attack on a greyhound before him, almost tearing the dog's body apart. The horn-blowing hunter at the lower left wears a scabbard with the inscription AVE REGINA C[OELI] (Hail, Queen of the Heavens). The huntsmen and other figures are garbed in the fashions of about the turn of the sixteenth cen - PAPB5D from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. www.alamy.com

The Unicorn Tapestries. csis.pace.edu

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