Object details
Accession number
P33w16
Primary Creator
Ruth von Scholley
(Stuttgart, 1893 - 1969, Stuttgart)
Full title
Birth of a Dragon
Creation Date
1919
Provenance
Gift from the German painter Ruth von Scholley (1893-1969) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1919.
Marks
Inscribed (on back): "by Ruth von Scholley / 1919" [hand of Isabella Stewart Gardner]
Dimensions
31.8 x 21.7 cm (12 1/2 x 8 9/16 in.)
Display Media
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Dimension Notes
Frame: 33 x 22.9 cm (13 x 9 in.)
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Vatichino
Bibliography
Melissa D. Burrage. The Karl Muck Scandal: Classical Music and Xenophobia in World War I America (Rochester: University of Rochester Press), p. 305 fig. 8.8. (as "Japanese Women around a Kettle")
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