Young Pine Trees
painter
Unknown
Date17th century
Place MadeJapan, East Asia
MediumInk and color, with gold leaf and silver leaf on paper; six fold screen
Dimensions164 x 338 cm (64 9/16 x 133 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP20w2
eMuseum ID720337
EmbARK ObjectID11841
Original NumberNo. 46b
TMS Source ID1002
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella 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.
BibliographyNotesBunkio Matsuki. Catalogue of Remarkable Antique Carvings, Embroidered Silks and Bronzes... (Boston, February 1902), lot 406. (as by Tosa)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 172. (as Japanese, possibly Kano school, early 17th century)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 60-61, no. 25. (as Japanese, 17th century; stylistic traits of the Kano school)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 172. (as Japanese, possibly Kano school, early 17th century)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 60-61, no. 25. (as Japanese, 17th century; stylistic traits of the Kano school)
MarksNotesThe border is made of strips of a fourteenth century manscript of the Kegon-kyo, on gold and blue paper.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Matsuki sale at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (with several other art objects) for a total of $2,591.50 on 20 February 1902, lot 406.
