(01 of17)
Open Image ModalParade Saddle\nGerman or Tyrolean, ca. 1450\nCarved bone with traces of paint, mounted on a wood frame\n22 x 16 1/2 x 17 in. (54.8 x 41.9 x 43.2 cm)\nThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1904 (04.3.250) Image: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(02 of17)
Open Image ModalThe Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence\nWritten by Zakaria bin Muhammad bin Mahmud Abu Yahya Qazwini (Persian, ca. 1203–1283)\nCopied in Mughal India, 1701\nTempera, gold, and ink on paper\n8 3/4 x 11 7/8 (22.3 x 30 cm) open\nU.S. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, History of Medicine Division
(03 of17)
Open Image ModalBirth Tray with the Triumph of Chastity\nWorkshop of Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso (Italian, ca. 1416–1465)\nItalian, Florence, ca. 1450–60\nTempera and gold leaf on panel\n23 x 23 1/4 in. (58.4 x 59.1 cm)\nNorth Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation Image: © North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
(04 of17)
Open Image ModalMedal of Cecilia Gonzaga\nPisanello (Antonio Pisano) (Italian, by 1395–1455) Italian, Mantua, 1447\nCopper alloy\nDiam. 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm)\nDr. Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher Collection
(05 of17)
Open Image ModalDish with the Arms of Matthias Corvinus and Beatrix of Aragon Italian, probably Pesaro, 1485–90\nMaiolica (tin-enameled earthenware)\n4 x 18 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. (10.2 x 47.9 x 47.9 cm)\nThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1946 (46.85.30) Image: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(06 of17)
Open Image ModalAnimals of the Holy Land, from Peregrinatio in terram sanctam (Pilgrimage to the Holy Land)\nWritten by Bernhard von Breydenbach (German, 1440–1497); woodcuts by Erhard Reuwich (Netherlandish, active 1480s)\nPrinted in Mainz, 1486\nWoodcut in printed book\n12 5/8 x 9 1/16 x 1 3/8 in. (32 x 23 x 3.5 cm)\nThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1919 (19.49.3) Image: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(07 of17)
Open Image ModalA Maiden Taming a Unicorn, from the Worksop Bestiary English, possibly Lincoln or York, ca. 1185\nTempera, gold, and ink on parchment\n8 1/2 x 6 1/8 in. (21.5 x 15.5 cm)\nThe Pierpont Morgan Library, New York\nImage: © The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
(08 of17)
Open Image ModalIskandar Kills the Monster of Habash, folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) Abu\'l Qasim Firdausi (Persian, 935–1020)\nPersian, Northwestern Iran or Baghdad, ca. 1300–1330\nInk, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper\n7 1/4 x 6 1/8 in. (18.4 x 15.6 cm)\nThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1969 (69.74.5) Image: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(09 of17)
Open Image ModalAmerica, from The Four Continents\nJulius Goltzius (Dutch, died ca. 1595), after Maerten de Vos (Netherlandish, 1532–1603) Dutch, 16th century\nEngraving\n8 5/8 x 11 1/16 in. (21.9 x 28.1 cm)\nThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949 (49.95.1524)\nImage: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(10 of17)
Open Image ModalPortrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d\'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini Attributed to the Maestro delle Storie del Pane (Italian, active late 15th century) Italian, Emilia, ca. 1485–95\nTempera on panel\n19 3/4 x 14 5/8 in. (50.2 x 37.1 cm)\nThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.96) Image: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(11 of17)
Open Image ModalUnicorn Aquamanile\nGerman, Nuremberg, ca. 1425–50\nCopper alloy\n15 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 4 7/16 in. (39.4 x 29.2 x 11.3 cm)\nThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964 (64.101.1493) Image: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(12 of17)
Open Image ModalUnicorn and Ram, from the Meshal ha-Kadmoni (Fable of the Ancients)\nWritten by Isaac ben Solomon abi Sahula (Spanish, born 1244); printed by Gershom ben Moses Soncino (Italian, died 1533); anonymous woodcuts\nPrinted in Brescia, 1491\nWoodcut in printed book\n8 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. (21.5 x 32.5 cm) open\nCourtesy of The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary, New York\nImage: © Courtesy of The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary, New York
(13 of17)
Open Image ModalThe Unicorn at the Stream, from the Unicorn Series Jean Duvet (French, ca. 1485–after 1561)\nFrench, ca. 1555\nEngraving\n8 7/8 x 15 9/16 in. (22.5 x 39.6 cm)\nThe New York Public Library, Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations\nImage: © The New York Public Library, Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
(14 of17)
Open Image ModalEmblem of the Unicorn, from Symbolorum et emblematum (Book of Symbols and Emblems)\nWritten by Joachim Camerarius the Younger (German, 1534–1598); etchings by Johann Siebmacher (German, died 1611)\nPrinted in Nuremberg, 1590–1605\nEtching in printed book\n7 9/16 x 5 11/16 x 1 3/4 in. (19.2 x 14.5 x 4.5 cm)\nThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of S. P. Avery, transferred from the Library, 1921 (21.36.42)\nImage: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(15 of17)
Open Image ModalHistoire générale des drogues (General History of Drugs)\nWritten by Pierre Pomet (French, 1658–1699); anonymous engravings Printed in Paris, 1694\nEngraving in printed book\n15 3/8 x 19 3/4 (39 x 50 cm) open\nU.S. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, History of Medicine Division
(16 of17)
Open Image ModalTorah Crown\nPolish, Galicia, 1778\nSilver and gilded silver\n12 3/16 × 8 1/8 in. (31 × 20.7 cm)\nPrivate collection, New York\nImage: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(17 of17)
Open Image ModalThe Unicorn in Captivity\nSouth Netherlandish, ca. 1495–1505\nWool, silk, and silver and gilded-silver wrapped thread\n12 ft. 1 in. x 99 in. (368 x 251.5 cm)\nThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937 (37.80.6) Image: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York