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unicorn (paid)

Dave Wilton

• 4 min read
Fresco of a woman sitting in a verdant setting with a white unicorn climbing onto her lap
Domenichino, “Virgin and Unicorn,” fresco, c. 1602. The woman depicted is, ironically, Giulia Farnese (1474–1524), mistress to Pope Alexander IV (and sister of Pope Paul III).