mounted by the artist in an album and given to his son, Giuseppe Tiepolo, friar in the convent of the Somaschi, Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, 1762; kept in convent of the Somaschi until its suppression, 1810; acquired from there by Count Leopoldo Cicognara (1767-1834); acquired from him in an exchange by Antonio Canova (1754-1822); by descent to Monsignor Giovanni Battista Sartori-Canova (1775-1858); purchased from him by Francesco Pesaro, Venice; purchased from him by Edward Cheney, Badger Hall, Shropshire (1803-1884),1842; by descent to Colonel Alfred Capel Cure, Blake Hall, Ongar, Essex, (1826-1896); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 29 April 1885, lot 1024; purchased there by E. Parsons & Sons (London); possibly acquired in Dublin by William Fagg, Sydenham; possibly B.T. Batsford (London)'s sale, Christie's (London), 14 July 1914, lot 49 (three volumes); purchased there by E. Parsons & Sons (London); Savile Gallery, May 1928; passed to Richard Owen (Paris); sold on behalf of his estate by Arthur Tooth & Sons (London) to Colnaghi (London), 11 January 1952; purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978), 23 January 1952 (£180); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982-30/01/1983

Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 151
pl. CXI

Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982- 30/01/1983, cat. by Helen Braham
no. 7

Watermark: Watermark: Verso, lower right corner: “N” with a small “T” extending perpendicularly from its last stroke (not found in Heawood).

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Mount (removed, now kept in curatorial file): lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A 18707”.