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People of all classes and ages enjoyed ice skating, a winter pastime popularized in the Netherlands. Here, some couples are already skating and slipping on the ice, while others tie on their skates or huddle around braziers (portable coal heaters) to keep warm. One affectionate couple in the foreground hold hands as they walk. A castle on the far edge of the frozen lake occupies the background. In the left distance, several small figures holding ladders and long hooks run toward a building that has caught on fire, a frequent occurrence in the winter when wooden houses were heated by fireplaces.
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130169
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Winter: Skating Scene
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130169
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object
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Winter: Skating Scene
description
People of all classes and ages enjoyed ice skating, a winter pastime popularized in the Netherlands. Here, some couples are already skating and slipping on the ice, while others tie on their skates or huddle around braziers (portable coal heaters) to keep warm. One affectionate couple in the foreground hold hands as they walk. A castle on the far edge of the frozen lake occupies the background. In the left distance, several small figures holding ladders and long hooks run toward a building that has caught on fire, a frequent occurrence in the winter when wooden houses were heated by fireplaces.
date
designed c. 1535, woven mid- to late 1600s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q60759967
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8592
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Tapestry
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 244 x 388 cm (96 1/16 x 152 3/4 in.)
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France
accession
1952.544.4
Source extras
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Wool, silk, and gold filé: tapestry weave
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Four Seasons: Winter: Skating 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: 244 x 388 cm (96 1/16 x 152 3/4 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, 1952.544.4
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Four Seasons
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Textiles
formerAccessionNumbers
1952.547
392.1923
didYouKnow
If you look closely you can see that the top edge of this scene is missing; look at the top of the castle on the right or the forest fire on the left.
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: pp. 19, 21; Mentioned: p. 18.
citation
Warwick House, Ltd, and Lucas. <em>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</em>. Baltimore: N.T.A. Munder & Co., printers, 1918.
citation
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.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 66
citation
Hunter, George Leland. <em>Loan Exhibition of Tapestries</em>. <em>Assembled, Arranged and Catalogued by George Leland Hunter. Cleveland Museum of Art. October 5th December 1st 1918. </em>Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1918.
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Hunter, George Leland. “The Cleveland Tapestry Exhibition” in <em>The Art World & Arts & Decoration </em>(November 1918) 25–28.
citation
Anderson Galleries, Inc.<em> The Henry Symons Collections.</em> New York: Anderson Galleries, 1923.
page_number
no. 1169
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Freund, Karl. "Four Gobelin Tapestries," <em>International Studio</em>. (December 1924), 234-238.
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Comparable Material.
citation
Crick-Kuntziger, Marthe, “L’énigme des ‘Mois de Lucas,’” <em>Actes du XIIe Congr</em>ès <em>international d’Histoire de l’Art</em>. Volume 2. Brussels, 1930. 497–505.
citation
Ward, Evelyn Svec. "Four Seasons Tapestries from Gobelins." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 40, no. 6 (June 1953): 113–119.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 113–119
citation
Standen, Edith A. "Drawings for the "Months of Lucas" Tapestry Series." <em>Master Drawings</em> 9, no. 1 (1971): 3–80.
citation
Standen, Edith Appleton. "Tapestries in the Collection of the Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute," <em>Carnegie Magazine.</em> (December 1981), 3–19.
page_number
Comparable Material: pp. 2–7
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Standen, Edith Appleton. <em>European Post-Medieval Tapestries and Related Hangings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art</em>. New York: The Museum, 1985.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 322, 330
citation
Darr, Alan Phipps, Tracey Albainy, and Melanie Holcomb. Woven Splendor: F<em>ive Centuries of European Tapestry in the Detroit Institute of Arts</em>. [Detroit]: The Institute, 1996.
page_number
pp. 52–54
citation
Standen, Edith Appleton and Janet Arnold. "The Comte de Toulouse's 'Months of Lucas' Gobelins Tapestries: Sixteenth-Century Designs with Eighteenth-Century Additions," <em>Metropolitan Museum Journal</em> (1996), 59–79.
citation
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
citation
Langeois, David, Daniel Alcouffe, and Sandrine Riahi. <em>Quelques chefs-d'oeuvre de la collection Djahanguir Riahi: ameublement français du XVIIIe siècle</em>. [Milano]: Franco Maria Ricci, 1999.
page_number
pp. 66–71
citation
Christies Database. <em>“</em>Brussels Tapestry Depicting Winter from ‘The Seasons of Lucas’ Series” <em>Christies</em> (New York Lot 55). Thursday, November 2, 2000.
citation
Mironneau, Paul. <em>Musée national du Château de Pau</em>. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 2003.
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Comparable Material.
citation
Christie, Manson & Woods. <em>Important Early European Furniture, Sculpture and Tapestries</em>. London: Christie's, Thursday 8 November 2007.
page_number
Comparable Material: pp. 122–129, Lots: 123, 124
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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Wool, silk, and gold filé: tapestry weave
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