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No other creature has stirred the human imagination quite like the unicorn. For centuries, it has appeared across diverse cultures, and its allure remains unbroken. This mythical being embodies a rich spectrum of meanings and radiates a singular associative power. Traces of the unicorn are found in both Christian and non-European art, as well as in the realms of natural science, medicine, and symbolism. Engaging with the unicorn’s iconography invites reflection on imagination, knowledge, contradiction, and projection.
The exhibition brings together around 150 works spanning some 4,000 years — including paintings, drawings, prints, illuminated manuscripts, sculptures, and tapestries. Many of these pieces are seldom on view. Among the 88 lenders from 16 countries are renowned institutions such as the Albertina, Vienna; the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford; the Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence; the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg; the …
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Image above: Dario di Giovanni zugeschr., ehemals Meister des Paris-Urteils/der Helena-Geschichte, Jungfrau mit Einhorn (Portrait der Caterina Corner als Allegorie der Keuschheit), um 1467/68, Tempera und Pressbrokat auf Holz, 100 x 90 cm, Keresztény Múzeum / Christliches Museum, Esztergom, © Photo: Attila Mudrák.
