猎人进入森林（来自独角兽挂毯） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	猎人进入森林（来自独角兽挂毯）
品名（英）	The Hunters Enter the Woods (from the Unicorn Tapestries)
入馆年号	1937年，37.80.1
策展部门	修道院（The Cloisters）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1495 - 公元 1505
创作地区	制造于: 荷兰南部（编织）（Made in: Southern Netherlands (woven)）
分类	纺织品挂毯（Textiles-Tapestries）
尺寸	整体: 145 x 124英寸 (368.3 x 315厘米)
介绍（中）	这幅挂毯是回廊的七个悬挂之一，描绘了独角兽的狩猎，独角兽是希腊医生克特西亚斯在公元前四世纪首次提到的神话生物。在中世纪，这种动物以其所谓的无敌性和角的治疗特性而闻名。人们对独角鲸的神奇疗法的信念如此强烈，以至于到十二世纪，雄性独角鲸（一种原产于北极的小鲸鱼）的象牙被视为"独角兽角"。独角兽挂毯，正如七人组所知，可能是在巴黎设计的，但在布鲁塞尔编织。它们于 1680 年首次被记录下来，当时它们挂在巴黎弗朗索瓦六世·德拉罗什福考的家中。到1728年，其中五个人在法国西部维尔特伊的家族城堡装饰了一间卧室。挂毯在法国大革命期间被洗劫一空，但在 1850 年代被收回;到1856年，它们已被修复并重新悬挂在城堡的沙龙中。没有文件揭示挂毯的早期历史，包括它们的委托或绞刑顺序。尺寸和构图的显著差异促使学者质疑这些帷幔是否构成一组，或者实际上来自多套。《猎人进入森林》就像《囚禁中的独角兽》一样，以千层动物为背景：一片深绿色的田野，开满了盛开的树木和鲜花。在代表的101种植物中，已经确定了85种，包括猎人身后突出的樱桃树和嗅探猎犬前茂密的椰枣树。编织在每个独角兽挂毯上的密码"AE"——并在这里重复了五次——暗示了它们的原始主人，他们仍然不为人知。
介绍（英）	This tapestry is one of seven hangings at The Cloisters that depict the hunt of the unicorn, a mythical creature first mentioned by the Greek physician Ctesias in the fourth century B.C. In the Middle Ages the animal was best known for its supposed invincibility and for the therapeutic property of its horn. So strong was the belief in the horn's miraculous cures that by the twelfth century the tusks of male narwhals, a small whale native to the Arctic, came to be regarded as "unicorn horns." The Unicorn Tapestries, as the group of seven is known, were probably designed in Paris but woven in Brussels. They are first documented in 1680, when they hung in the Paris home of François VI de La Rochefoucauld. By 1728 five of them decorated a bedroom at the family's château in Verteuil, in western France. The tapestries were looted during the French Revolution but were recovered in the 1850s; by 1856 they had been restored and rehung in the château's salon. No documentation sheds light on the early history of the tapestries, including either their commission or sequence of hanging. Striking differences in dimension and composition have prompted scholars to question whether the hangings constitute one set or are, in fact, from multiple sets. The Hunters Enter the Woods, like The Unicorn in Captivity, is set against a millefleurs background: a field of dark green spangled with blossoming trees and flowers. Of the 101 species of plants represented, 85 have been identified, including the prominent cherry tree behind the hunters and lush date palm in front of the sniffing hound. The cipher "AE" that is woven into each of the Unicorn Tapestries—and repeated here five times—alludes to their original owners, who remain unknown.