Saint Joseph and the Christ Child

Date1767/1769

Object PlaceVenice, Italy, Southern Europe, Europe

MediumOil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings

Dimensions43 3/4 × 60 1/2 inches (111.13 × 153.67 cm)

Credit LineFounders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb

Object number44.213

DescriptionSt. Joseph kneels on a rock almost concealed by clouds, holding the nude Child in his arms. An angel in the shadow of the cloud presents the Child with a basket of flowers while other putti hover in the blue sky above. A city in the distance at lower right.

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Locations

Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, European Painting Storage, Screen 2, A

ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of: Aranjuez, Spain, Church of San Pasquale (commissioned from Tiepolo in 1767 by King Charles III via his confessor, Joaquin de Eleta); Madrid, Collection Marquese de Remisa; Madrid, Collection Don Lorenzo Moret; Geneva, Collection Mmme L. K (1939); New York, Collection, Jacob M. Heinemann Gallery (dealer);