Art, literature & history
The Holy Family, Saint Joseph with a Book
1750–59
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- 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.)
- Collection no.
- 2012.94
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. The Holy Family, Saint Joseph with a Book. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Holy Family, Saint Joseph with a Book — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. 1750–59.
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.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.