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"The Hunters Enter the Woods" is one of seven tapestries in the "Unicorn Tapestries" group. These allegorical tapestries depict the hunting of a unicorn, a mythological animal common to European folklore. "The Hunters Enter the Woods" depicts a group of hunters entering the woods with their hounds, eager to begin the hunt.
The tapestries originally belonged the Le Rochefoucald family of France, and the earliest record of them confirms that they were hanging in the Paris home of François VI de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680 CE) by 1680 CE. The tapestries are thought to have been woven in Brussels, although they were designed in Paris, France.
The Unicorn Tapestries are now held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and are housed in the Met Cloisters.
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Art, M. M. o. (2019, May 13). The Hunters Enter the Woods, Unicorn Tapestries. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10619/the-hunters-enter-the-woods-unicorn-tapestries/
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Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "The Hunters Enter the Woods, Unicorn Tapestries." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 13 May 2019. Web. 24 Dec 2024.
