Provenance
collection Joseph Neeld (1789-1856), Grittleton House, near Chippenham, Wilts, 1854, as Titian
his brother, Sir John Neeld (1805-91), Grittleton House, near Chippenham, Wilts
his son, Sir Algernon William Neeld (1846-1900), Grittleton House, near Chippenham, Wilts
his brother, Sir Audley Dallas Neeld (1849-1941), Grittleton House, near Chippenham, Wilts
by descent to Lionel William Inigo-Jones, from 1942 named Neeld (?-1956), Grittleton House, near Chippenham, Wilts (Lionel William Inigo-Jones was the descendant of Joseph Neeld through an illegitimate daughter.)
his sale, London (Christie’s), 13 July 1945, nr. 42, as Titian (‘Venus, of the Villa Borghese’), £ 115 10 s, to Fenouil
acquired through the mediation of Thomas Harris, Garden Lodge Studio, London, by the museum, 1946