probably originally in one of the nine 'Cheney' albums sold in 1885, in which case the provenance is: 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, 1930; Tomás Harris, London (1908-1964); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 12 September 1935; purchased there by J.S. Thacher, Washington, 12 September 1935 (£100); purchased back from him by Colnaghi (London), 7 July 1947; purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978), 16 July 1947 (£140); 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. 158
pl. CXVIII

Savile Gallery, London, Drawings by Old Masters, 1930
no. 28
ill.

Watermark: Verso, upper left corner: “BT”, the letters terminating in circles (same or similar watermark in another Holy Family drawing at the Morgan Library, 1997.50).

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.