The Holy Family, Saint Joseph with a Book

Provenance

Prince Alexis Orloff; sold, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Apr. 29–30, 1920, lot 84, to "Pauline," probably Richard Owen; Tomás Harris. Sold, Sotheby’s London, July 2, 1984, lot 123, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA.; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2012.

The Holy Family, Saint Joseph with a Book

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

1750–59

Accession Number

151459

Medium

Pen and brown iron gall ink and brush and brown wash, with black chalk (recto) and black chalk (verso) on off-white laid paper, tipped on to ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Primary support: 27.7 × 19.9 cm (10 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Secondary support: 30.1 × 22.1 cm (11 7/8 × 8 3/4 in.)

Classification

pen and ink drawings

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection