Tapestry panel depicting Renaissance artist Cimabue wearing a stylised version of medieval dress and posed one foot in front of the other with a fan-shaped easel in his left hand and paint brush, prepared with crimson paint, ready to paint with his right hand. The composition has a gold-coloured ground and the figure stands on a plinth inscribed 'CIMABUE'. A plain brown border surrounds the central composition with a woven gold-coloured inscription reading 'ROYAL WINDSOR TAPESTRY' and symbol a on the top and 'HERBERT BONE INVI' on the lower edge.
The figure wears a close-fitting liripipe hood and cloak with blue lining, leggings and a short patterned tunic with elaborate gold-coloured edging. Similar decoration can be seen on his belt and purse, shoe decoration and leggings' bands. The figure is bearded and shows a full fringe of hair beneath his hood.
The tapestry is finely woven in wool (figure and border) and silk (background and figure details) on a cotton warp at 24 threads to the inch. Interlocking tapestry technique was employed at colour intersections.