GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO (1696–1770)
The Holy Family
Medium
Pen, brown ink and wash
Dimensions
28.4 x 20.4 cm
11 1/8 x 8 in.
About the artwork
The Holy Family is an artwork by GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO. The work is executed in Pen, brown ink and wash. Its recorded dimensions are 28.4 x 20.4 cm 11 1/8 x 8 in.. View the artwork and contact Colnaghi for further information.
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Provenance
Part of an album of drawings, with provenance as follows Giuseppe Maria Tiepolo, the monastery of the Padri Somaschi, Santa Maria della Salute, Venice;
Probably Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Venice, until 1804;
Probably by descent to his widow, Margherita Moscheni, Venice;
Possibly Conte Leopoldo Cicognara, Venice;
Antonio Canova, Venice, by c.1810;
By descent to his half-brother, Monsignor Giovanni Battista Sartori-Canova, Possagno;
Francesco Pesaro, Venice;
Purchased from him in 1842 by Edward Cheney, London and Badger Hall, Badger, Shropshire;
By descent to his nephew, Col. Alfred Capel Cure, of Badger Hall, Badger, Shropshire and Blake Hall, Ongar, Essex;
His sale, London, Sotheby’s, 29 April 1885, part of lot 1024 (nine volumes of drawings, bt. Parsons for £15);
E. Parsons and Sons, London;
Possibly a private collection (Earls of Ranfurly?), Ireland;
William Fagg, Sydenham;
Messrs. B.T. Batsford, London;
Their sale, London, Christie’s, 14 July 1914, part of lot 49 (three volumes of drawings, bt. Parsons for £120);
E. Parsons and Sons, London;
Richard Owen, Paris, by whom the album broken up and dispersed;
Probably Savile Gallery, London, in 1928;
The present sheet in a private collection, Paris, by 1971;
Anonymous sale, Paris, Artcurial, 30 March 2011, lot 50;
Arturo Cuéllar-Nathan, Zurich.
Probably Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Venice, until 1804;
Probably by descent to his widow, Margherita Moscheni, Venice;
Possibly Conte Leopoldo Cicognara, Venice;
Antonio Canova, Venice, by c.1810;
By descent to his half-brother, Monsignor Giovanni Battista Sartori-Canova, Possagno;
Francesco Pesaro, Venice;
Purchased from him in 1842 by Edward Cheney, London and Badger Hall, Badger, Shropshire;
By descent to his nephew, Col. Alfred Capel Cure, of Badger Hall, Badger, Shropshire and Blake Hall, Ongar, Essex;
His sale, London, Sotheby’s, 29 April 1885, part of lot 1024 (nine volumes of drawings, bt. Parsons for £15);
E. Parsons and Sons, London;
Possibly a private collection (Earls of Ranfurly?), Ireland;
William Fagg, Sydenham;
Messrs. B.T. Batsford, London;
Their sale, London, Christie’s, 14 July 1914, part of lot 49 (three volumes of drawings, bt. Parsons for £120);
E. Parsons and Sons, London;
Richard Owen, Paris, by whom the album broken up and dispersed;
Probably Savile Gallery, London, in 1928;
The present sheet in a private collection, Paris, by 1971;
Anonymous sale, Paris, Artcurial, 30 March 2011, lot 50;
Arturo Cuéllar-Nathan, Zurich.
Literature
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Venise au dix-huitième siècle: Peintures, dessins et gravures des collections françaises, exhibition catalogue, 1971, p.164, no.248;
Probably Giuseppe Pavanello, Canova collezionista di Tiepolo, Monfalcone, 1996;
Emmanuelle Brugerolles and David Guillet, ‘Tiepolo et la France: une reconnaissance tardive’ in Denis Ton, Les Tiepolo dans les collections privées, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 2026, p.20; Ton, op.cit., pp.62-63, no.9.
Probably Giuseppe Pavanello, Canova collezionista di Tiepolo, Monfalcone, 1996;
Emmanuelle Brugerolles and David Guillet, ‘Tiepolo et la France: une reconnaissance tardive’ in Denis Ton, Les Tiepolo dans les collections privées, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 2026, p.20; Ton, op.cit., pp.62-63, no.9.
Exhibitions / Fairs
Probably London, The Savile Gallery, Tiepolo Exhibition, May 1928, probably no.20 (Family Group), no.26 (The Holy Family) or no.38 (Madonna and Child, St. Joseph and Attendant Angels);
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Venise au dix-huitième siècle, 1971, no.248;
New York, Michael Altman Fine Art, and Zurich, Art Cuéllar-Nathan, In Pursuit of Timeless Quality, 2016, unnumbered.
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Venise au dix-huitième siècle, 1971, no.248;
New York, Michael Altman Fine Art, and Zurich, Art Cuéllar-Nathan, In Pursuit of Timeless Quality, 2016, unnumbered.
Fairs
- FRIEZE Masters 2026
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