Spring: Fishing Scene

Description

In this springtime scene, two fishermen wade in a river, dragging a net suspended between two poles. A noble couple on a bridge gestures toward other fishermen, who occupy the other side of this scene in other extant examples of this tapestry with a larger picture plane. In the background, townspeople walk on bridges that lead to the gateway of a town with brick walls and portals. In the far distance, farmers till the soil to sow new seeds, another typical activity associated with spring. The trees on the hills are just beginning to sprout new buds.

Provenance

Balloch Castle, Scotland; Henry Symons Sale: Anderson Galleries, New York, January 27-Febuary 3, 1923 (January 27-Febuary 3, 1923); Frank Hadley Ginn (1868-1938) and Cornelia Winifred Root Ginn (1877-1937), Cleveland, OH (1923-1952); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1952-)

Spring: Fishing Scene

Gobelins Manufactory

designed c. 1535, woven mid- to late 1600s

Accession Number

1952.544.1

Medium

Wool, silk, and gold filé: tapestry weave

Dimensions

Overall: 255 x 266 cm (100 3/8 x 104 3/4 in.)

Classification

Tapestry

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Francis Ginn, Marian Ginn Jones, Barbara Ginn Griesinger, and Alexander Ginn in memory of Frank Hadley Ginn and Cornelia Root Ginn