The Seed Received among the Thorns, from the Parable of the Sower
1573
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1573
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Seed Received among the Thorns, from the Parable of the Sower is a 1573 by Gerard van Groeningen, a Renaissance work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
A pilgrim scatters seeds into a patch of thorns while two women watch. One woman holds a moneybag, the other clutches a tangle of weeds. This is a sketch for a print that tells part of Jesus’s story about different kinds of listeners. The thorns stand for worries and greed that choke good ideas. The artist made it in Antwerp when religious pictures were used to teach lessons at home. Look up more prints from belgium, flanders, antwerp, 16th century to see how artists turned Bible stories into everyday scenes.
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