Provenance
1Conte Francesco Algarotti Venice • until [d.] 1764 Catalogo dei Quadri, dei Disegni e dei Libri che trattano dell'arte del Disegno, della Galleria del fu signor conte Algarotti in Venezia, Venice n.d. (ca. 1777), p. XXIV, no. 9.
2Conte Bonomo Algarotti Venice • until [d.] 1776 Brother of the above, Michael Levey, «Two Paintings by Tiepolo from the Algarotti Collection», in Burlington Magazine (102) 1960, p. 250, n. 5.
3Contessa Maria Algarotti-Corniani Venice Daughter of the above, Eduard Sack, Giambattista und Domenico Tiepolo, Ihr Leben und ihre Werke, Ein Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts, Hamburg 1910, p. 231, no. 584.
4Baron Edmond de Rothschild Paris (?) AStEGB, Letter from Dr. Arthur Kauffmann, London, to Charlotte Bührle-Schalk, 22 November 1971, quoting information given to him by Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, in regard to the painting's provenance.
5Baron Maurice de Rothschild Geneva Son of the above, Letter as above, n. (4), and Antonio Morassi, A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings of G. B. Tiepolo, London 1962, pp. 36, 69, fig. 246.
6Rosenberg & Stiebel New York Letter as above, n. (4).
7Dr. Arthur Kauffmann London • by 1956 Letter as above, n. (4), and AStEGB, Entry Book II, 18 June 1956.
8Emil Bührle Zurich • 18 June 1956 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from the above for CHF 100.000, Entry Book as above, n. (7), with indication of price.
9Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 145.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich
Massimo Gemin, Filippo Pedrocco, Giambattista Tiepolo, I dipinti, Opera completa, Venice, 1993.
Exhibitions
1958Sammlung Emil G. Bührle, Festschrift zu Ehren von Emil G. Bührle zur Eröffnung des Kunsthaus-Neubaus und Katalog der Sammlung Emil G. Bührle Kunsthaus Zurich • 1958 no. 86.
1958Hauptwerke der Sammlung Emil Georg Bührle–Zürich Haus der Kunst • Munich • 1958–59 no.159 .
1990The Passionate Eye, Impressionist and Other Master Paintings from the Collection of Emil G. Bührle, Zurich, Catalogue of the Exhibition in Commemoration of the 100th Birthday of the Collector Emil G. Bührle National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. • Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal • Yokohama Museum of Art • Royal Academy of Arts, London 1990–91 no. 7.
1996Der Himmel auf Erden, Tiepolo in Würzburg Residenz • Würzburg • 1996 no. 92.
2012Giambattista Tiepolo Villa Manin di Passariano • Codroipo (Udine) • 2012–13 no. 24.
References
ca.1777Catalogo dei Quadri, dei Disegni e dei Libri che trattano dell'arte del Disegno, della Galleria del fu signor conte Algarotti in Venezia Venice n. d. (ca. 1777) • p. XXIV • no. 9 • (French edition: Catalogue des tableaux, des desseins, et des livres qui traitent de l'art du dessein, de la galerie du feu Comte Algarotti à Venise).
1909Pompeo Molmenti Tiepolo, La sua vita e le sue opere Milan • 1909 • p. 236.
1910Eduard Sack Giambattista und Domenico Tiepolo, Ihr Leben und ihre Werke, Ein Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts Hamburg • 1910 • p. 231, no. 584.
1958Eduard Hüttinger «Bad der Diana» in Arte Veneta (12) • 1958 • pp. 218–220 (ill.).
1960Michael Levey «Tiepolo and His Age» in Art and Ideas in Eighteenth Century Italy Harold Acton (ed.) • London • 1960 • p. 254.
1960Michael Levey «Two Paintings by Tiepolo from the Algarotti Collection» in Burlington Magazine(102) • 1960 • pp. 254–57, fig. 25 (detail), 32.
1962Antonio Morassi A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings of G.B. Tiepolo, Including Pictures by His Pupils and Followers Wrongly Attributed to Him London • 1962 • pp. 36, 69, fig. 246.
1963Francis Haskell Patrons and Painters, A Study in the Relations between Italian Art and Society in the Age of the Baroque London & New York • 1963 • (Italian edition: Mecenati e pittori, Studio sui rapporti tra arte e società italiana nell'età barocca, Florence 1966, p. 357, n. 3; 2New Haven & London 1980, p. 354, n. 2 • French edition: Mécènes et peintres, L'art et la société au temps du baroque italien, Paris 1991 • German edition: Maler und Auftraggeber, Kunst und Gesellschaft im italienischen Barock, Cologne 1996).
1968Guido Piovene • Anna Pallucchini L'opera completa di Giambattista Tiepolo Milan • 1968 • no. 210 (ill.).
1973Leopold Reidemeister etc. Stiftung Sammlung Emil G. Bührle / Fondation Collection Emil G. Bührle / Foundation Emil G. Bührle Collection Zurich & Munich • 1973 • no. 148 (ill.;21986).
1978«Repertorium venezianischer Gemälde in öffentlichem Schweizer Besitz» in Venezianische Kunst in der Schweiz und in Liechtenstein (exh. cat.) • Seedamm-Kulturzentrum • Pfäffikon (Schwyz) • 1978 • no. R63 (ill.; French edition: «Répertoire des peintures vénitiennes appartenant aux collections publiques de Suisse», in Art vénitien en Suisse et au Liechtenstein, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva 1978).
1986Michael Levey Giambattista Tiepolo, His Life and Art New Haven & London • 1986 • pp. 132–133, fig. 122 (Italian edition: Giambattista Tiepolo, La sua vita, la sua arte, Milan 1988).
1993Massimo Gemin • Filippo Pedrocco Giambattista Tiepolo, I dipinti, Opera completa Venice • 1993 • no. 302 (ill.; German edition: Giambattista Tiepolo, Leben und Werk, Munich 1995).
1994Emil Maurer Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Zürich Bern • 1994 • pp. 27–28 (ill.; English edition: Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, Bern 1995).
2002Filippo Pedrocco Giambattista Tiepolo, The Complete Paintings New York • 2002 • no. 174 (ill.; French edition: Paris 2002 • German edition: Cologne 2003 • Italian edition: Milan 2003).
2005Lukas Gloor, Marco Goldin (ed.)Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, Catalogue vol. 1 • Conegliano & Zurich • 2005 • no. 28 (ill.; German edition: Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Katalog • Italian edition: Fondazione Collezione E.G. Bührle, Catalogo).
2021Lukas Gloor «The Holdings of the Emil Bührle Collection: Illustrated List of All 633 Purchases» in The Emil Bührle Collection: History, Full Catalogue and 70 Masterpieces Swiss Institute for Art Research, Zurich (ed.) • Munich • 2021 • no. 511 (ill.).