# Spring: Fishing Scene

- By: Gobelins Manufactory (France, Paris, est. 1662)
- Date: designed c. 1535, woven mid- to late 1600s
- Medium: Wool, silk, and gold filé: tapestry weave
- Classification: Tapestry
- Dimensions: Overall: 255 x 266 cm (100 3/8 x 104 3/4 in.)
- Culture: France
- 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
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.544.1)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.544.1/1952.544.1_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.