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The Lady and the Unicorn

collection of medieval tapestries, Musée national du Moyen Âge, Paris
VisualArtwork tapestry Q2289754
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Summary

The Lady and the Unicorn is a tapestry[1]. It draws 7,487 Wikipedia views per month (tapestry category, ranking #1 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: France[3]
  • Instance of: artwork series[4]
  • Owned by: Robertet[5], Famille de La Roche-Aymon[6], France[7]
  • Movement: millefleur[8]
  • Genre: allegory[9]
  • Depicts: woman[10], unicorn[11]
  • Made from material: wool[12], silk[13]
  • Collection: Musée de Cluny[14]
  • Inventory number: Cl. 10831[15], Cl. 10832[16], Cl. 10833[17], Cl. 10834[18], Cl. 10835[19], Cl. 10836[20]
  • Location: Musée de Cluny[21]
  • Commons category: La Dame à la licorne[22]
  • Has part(s): Touch[23], Taste[24], Smell[25], Hearing[26], Sight[27], À mon seul désir[28]
  • Inception: 1500[29]
  • Exhibition history: Q138589712[30], Unicorn: The Mythical Beast in Art[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:La Dame à la licorne[32]
  • Commons gallery: La Dame à la licorne[33]
  • Described at URL: http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/collection/oeuvre/la-dame-a-la-licorne.html[34], https://panoramadelart.com/analyse/la-dame-la-licorne[35]
  • Location of creation: Southern Netherlands[36]
  • Copyright status: public domain[37]

Why It Matters

The Lady and the Unicorn has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Related Entities

Musée de Cluny public domain Southern Netherlands

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JocondeLab. Retrieved . jocondelab.iri-research.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JocondeLab. Retrieved . jocondelab.iri-research.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JocondeLab. Retrieved . jocondelab.iri-research.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → collection of medieval tapestries, Musée national du Moyen Âge, Paris
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||uk, en, it, ru, da */ Add the Ukrainian label uk:Падуб gives the tapestries, Russian, Danish and Ukrainian descriptions from those wikis' articles, lower-case"
  2. 1d ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 24
    Wikipedia languages → ['br', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fr', 'he', 'id', 'i
    Image → The Lady and the Unicorn Tapestries, Paris 9 July 2015.jpg
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Image, Replace image with a sharper CC0 photo of the tapestries at the Musée de Cluny (Q1124095); the old file names no author to c"
  3. 14w ago · Kretuski · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → France
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Country: France"
  4. 14w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owned by → —
    Has part(s) → Touch, Taste, Smell +3
    Location of creation → Southern Netherlands
    Exhibition history → Q138589712, Unicorn: The Mythical Beast in Art
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||vi, en */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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