Image
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Description
Maker
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696-1770)
Title
Holy Family
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
chalk, pen and ink, wash techniqueSupports
Dimensions
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31.4 x 21.9 cm (12 3/8 x 8 5/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Marks: Watermark: the letters C and B on either side of an anchor (?)
Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Museum Appropriation Fund
Object Number
38.158 Type
Provenance
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… - possibly 1760, Collection of Giuseppe Maria Tiepolo, son of the artist, Venice.
… - possibly 1800, Library of the Convent of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice.
… - First quarter of the nineteenth century, Collection of Signor Cicognara, Venice.
… 1757 - 1822, Collection of Antonio Canova, Venice.
… - Second quarter of the nineteenth century, Collection of Abbé Sartori, half-brother of Canova, Venice.
… - 1842, Collection of Signor Francesco Pesaro, Venice.
1842 - , Purchased by Edward Cheney, [1803-1884] from Signor Francesco Posaro.
… 1885, Sale Sotheby’s, London on 04/29/1885, Lot 1024.
… possibly 1928 - , Purchased by Richard Owen, Paris. According to Colnaghi and Co.
… Collection of Colnaghi and Co.
… 1952 - 1989, Purchased by John M. Crawford, Jr., New York from Colnaghi and Co., London.
1989, Gift to the RISD Museum from the Estate of John M. Crawford, Jr. on 11/27/1989.
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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