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Series Title: Four Seasons

Spring: Fishing Scene

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

possibly by Gobelins Manufactory

(France, Paris, est. 1662)
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Culture
France
Medium
Wool, silk, and gold filé: tapestry weave
Measurements
Overall: 255 x 266 cm (100 3/8 x 104 3/4 in.)
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 1952.544.1
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Did You Know?

Spring was considered to be a season of courtship and romance; perhaps the gentleman on the bridge in the red cap is trying to catch the attention of the lady next to him.

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.
Rectangular tapestry bustling with depictions of people, all with light skin tones, dressed in multi-layered dresses and tunics in muted red, blue, green, and orange crossing a bridge from our left to right, under a light brown brick archway. In the river running under the bridge, two fishermen drag a net held between two poles, another stabbing the water with a pole behind them. Five sets of two people in conversation move across the bridge.

Spring: Fishing Scene

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

Gobelins Manufactory

(France, Paris, est. 1662)
France

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