Birth of a Dragon
painter
Ruth von Scholley
(Stuttgart, 1893 - 1969, Stuttgart)
Date1919
Place MadeBrookline, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumInk and color and gouache on paper
Dimensions31.8 x 21.7 cm (12 1/2 x 8 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP33w16
eMuseum ID730257
EmbARK ObjectID19889
TMS Source ID6972
Last Updated10/8/24
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.
BibliographyNotesMelissa 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")
MarksNotesInscribed (on back): "by Ruth von Scholley / 1919" [hand of Isabella Stewart Gardner]
ProvenanceNotesGift from the German painter Ruth von Scholley (1893-1969) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1919.
