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In 16th-century Europe, the grape harvest took place in autumn, a tradition that persists among vintners to this day. Here, men and women gather grapes in buckets and drop them into an enormous wood vat. Two men stomp on the ripe grapes, squeezing out the juice. A man on the far right pours the juice into barrels, where it will ferment into wine. Children sleep or play in the foreground; one mischievous toddler presses grape juice into the mouth of another small child. In the distance four couples dance to music provided by a bagpiper, who is perched in a tree.
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130168
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Autumn: Vintage Scene
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130168
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Autumn: Vintage Scene
description
In 16th-century Europe, the grape harvest took place in autumn, a tradition that persists among vintners to this day. Here, men and women gather grapes in buckets and drop them into an enormous wood vat. Two men stomp on the ripe grapes, squeezing out the juice. A man on the far right pours the juice into barrels, where it will ferment into wine. Children sleep or play in the foreground; one mischievous toddler presses grape juice into the mouth of another small child. In the distance four couples dance to music provided by a bagpiper, who is perched in a tree.
date
designed c. 1535, woven mid- to late 1600s
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CC0
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en
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8592
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Tapestry
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1
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Overall: 263 x 370 cm (103 9/16 x 145 11/16 in.)
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France
accession
1952.544.3
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Wool, silk, and gold filé: tapestry weave
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Four Seasons: Autumn: Vintage Scene, designed c. 1535, woven mid- to late 1600s. Possibly by Gobelins Manufactory (France, Paris, est. 1662). Wool, silk, and gold filé: tapestry weave; overall: 263 x 370 cm (103 9/16 x 145 11/16 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, 1952.544.3
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Four Seasons
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Textiles
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1952.546
395.1923
didYouKnow
Originally green, the plants were woven using yarn first dyed blue and then dyed yellow; over time the yellow dye has faded so that today the plants appear blue.
citations
citation
Scaturro, Jane and Hanson, Robin. “Cycles of Life: Celebrating the four seasons.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>62, no. 1: 18-21.
page_number
Reproduced: P. 18, 21; Mentioned: P. 18.
citation
Warwick House, Ltd, and Lucas. The Balloch Castle Seasons of Lucas; Being Four Gobelin Tapestries Rich with Gold, 8 Feet 2 Inches High, with Combined Width of 41 Feet 7 Inches, from Balloch Castle, Near Glasgow, Where They Hung for Nearly Two Centuries; a Companion Set to the Famous Months of Lucas, and by the Same Designer. Baltimore: N.T.A. Munder & Co., printers, 1918.
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Hunter, George Leland. "The Loan Exhibition of Tapestries." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 5, no. 8/9 (October-November 1918): 63-87.
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66
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Hunter, George Leland. <em>Loan Exhibition of Tapestries</em>. <em>Assembled, Arranged and Catalogued by George Leland Hunter. </em>Cleveland Museum of Art<em>. </em>October 5th December 1st 1918.
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Hunter, George Leland. “The Cleveland Tapestry Exhibition” in <em>The Art World & Arts & Decoration </em>(November 1918) 25-28.
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Anderson Galleries, Inc. <em>The Henry Symons Collections.</em> New York: Anderson Galleries, 1923.
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no. 1168
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Freund, Karl. "Four Gobelin Tapestries," International Studio. (December 1924), 234-238.
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Crick-Kuntziger, Marthe, “L’énigme des ‘Mois de Lucas,’” <em>Actes du XIIe Congr</em>ès international d’Histoire de l’Art. Volume 2. Brussels, 1930. 497-505.
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Ward, Evelyn Svec. "Four Seasons Tapestries from Gobelins." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 40, no. 6 (1953): 113-19.
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113-119
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Standen, Edith A. "Drawings for the "Months of Lucas" Tapestry Series." <em>Master Drawings</em> 9, no. 1 (1971): 3-80.
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Standen, Edith Appleton. "Tapestries in the Collection of the Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute," Carnegie Magazine. (December 1981), 3-19.
page_number
2-7
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Standen, Edith Appleton. European Post-Medieval Tapestries and Related Hangings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Museum, 1985.
page_number
322, 330
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Detroit Institute of Arts, Alan Phipps Darr, Tracey Albainy, and Melanie Holcomb. Woven Splendor: Five Centuries of European Tapestry in the Detroit Institute of Arts. [Detroit]: The Institute, 1996.
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52-54
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Standen, Edith Appleton and Janet Arnold. "The Comte de Toulouse's 'Months of Lucas' Gobelins Tapestries: Sixteenth-Century Designs with Eighteenth-Century Additions," Metropolitan Museum Journal. (1996), 59-79.
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Langeois, David, Daniel Alcouffe, Sandrine Riahi, and Musée Du Louvre. <em>Quelques Chefs-D'oeuvre De La Collection Djahanguir Riahi : Ameublement Français Du Xviiie Siècle</em>. Milano: Franco Maria Ricci, 1999.
page_number
66-8
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Mironneau, Paul. Musée national du Château de Pau. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 2003.
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Christies, Manson & Woods. Important Early European Furniture, Sculpture and Tapestries. London: Christie's, Thursday November 8, 2007.
page_number
122-129
citation
Cleveland Foundation. “Curating the Fine Art of Giving with the Frank Hadley Ginn & Cornelia Root Ginn Charitable Trust,”in <em>Gift of Giving news for donors and friends of the Cleveland Foundation. </em>Spring 2018. 4-5.
creditline
Gift of Francis Ginn, Marian Ginn Jones, Barbara Ginn Griesinger, and Alexander Ginn in memory of Frank Hadley Ginn and Cornelia Root Ginn
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2026-05-29 06:43:35.633000
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Wool, silk, and gold filé: tapestry weave
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