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), 12 January 1952 (£1,000, along with D.1978.PG.154 and PG.169); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Drawings Gallery Display - Drawing Together, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/09/2017-02/01/2018

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

The Courtauld Gallery and Thomas, Ben. Drawing Together (London: Courtauld Gallery, 2017-2018)
p. 38
cover, 39

Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 152

Brophy, John, The face in Western art, London 1963
p. 56
pl. 85 ...More

Watermark: lower centre: flower with six petals, a stem and two asymmetric leaves (no match in Heawood, Briquet, or Piccard).

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.