Object Image

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.

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

designed c. 1535, woven mid--late 1600s
Wool, silk, and gold filé: tapestry weave
255.0 x 266.0cm
1952.544.1
Image and text: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Permanent collection