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accession number: 1952.544.2
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Four Seasons: Summer: Harvest Scene, late 1600s–early 1700s. Gobelins Manufactory (France, Paris, est. 1662). Wool, silk, and gold filé; tapestry weave; overall: 252.7 x 255.3 cm (99 1/2 x 100 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Francis Ginn, Marian Ginn Jones, Barbara Ginn Griesinger, and Alexander Ginn in memory of Frank Hadley Ginn and Cornelia Root Ginn 1952.544.2
title: Summer: Harvest Scene
title in original language:
series: Four Seasons
series in original language:
creation date: late 1600s–early 1700s
creation date earliest: 1680
creation date latest: 1720
current location:
creditline: Gift of Francis Ginn, Marian Ginn Jones, Barbara Ginn Griesinger, and Alexander Ginn in memory of Frank Hadley Ginn and Cornelia Root Ginn
copyright:
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culture: France, late 17th-early 18th Century
technique: Wool, silk, and gold filé; tapestry weave
department: Textiles
collection: Textiles
type: Tapestry
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CREATORS
* Gobelins Manufactory (France, Paris, est. 1662) - manufacturer
For more information: http://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000032919
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measurements: Overall: 252.7 x 255.3 cm (99 1/2 x 100 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Balloch Castle, Scotland
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footnotes:
citations:
Henry Symons Sale: Anderson Galleries, New York, January 27-Febuary 3, 1923
date: January 27-Febuary 3, 1923
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Frank Hadley Ginn (1868-1938) and Cornelia Winifred Root Ginn (1877-1937), Cleveland, OH
date: 1923-1952
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1952-
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fun fact:
Images of the harvest provided a way to express pride in the fruitfulness and plenty of a particular region and celebrate the diligence of the field laborers.
digital description:
wall description:
The wheat harvest took place in July and represented the hard, hot work of summer. The reaper in the foreground and his companion in the middle distance swing their scythes high above their heads, as they prepared to cut the wheat stalks. Underneath the shade of an apple tree, three figures in the foreground are determining a price for the wheat. A woman gestures to the coins that a man is counting. Behind them another man holds an account book, in which he records their decisions. His pen holder and ink pot hang from his belt. In the distance to the right, two horses draw a cart piled high with wheat toward four farmers who gather bunches of wheat stalks together and tie them into bundles.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
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Hunter, George Leland. Loan Exhibition of Tapestries. Assembled, Arranged and Catalogued by George Leland Hunter. Cleveland Museum of Art. October 5th December 1st 1918.
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