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The Unicorn in Captivity (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

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#MetKids Fun Fact: Some people in the Middle Ages believed that unicorns were real animals. They also thought that you could make poisoned water or wine safe to drink by touching it with a unicorn's horn. | The Unicorn in Captivity (from the Unicorn Tapestries), 1495–1505. Southern Netherlandish. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937 (37.80.6)

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