Collection of Sarah Churchill (1660–1744), Duchess of Marlborough, wife of John Churchill (1650–1722), 1st Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, by 1740 (recorded 1740), until 1744; collection of Charles Spencer (1706–58), 3rd Duke of Marlborough, 1744–58; thence by descent, remaining at Blenheim Palace, to: George Spencer (1739–1817), 4th Duke of Marlborough (1758–1817) (recorded 1759, 1766), until 1817; George Spencer-Churchill (1766–1840) 5th Duke of Marlborough, until 1840; George Spencer-Churchill (1793–1857), 6th Duke of Marlborough (recorded 1854), until 1857; then to John Spencer-Churchill (1822–83), 7th Duke of Marlborough (recorded 1861), until 1883; collection of George Spencer-Churchill (1844–92), 8th Duke of Marlborough, until 1886; by whom sold, Christie's, London, 7-10 August 1886, no. 640, as Madonna and Child with St. Joseph, by Agostino Carracci; from where purchased by Richard Glynn Vivian (1835–1910); his collection, Sketty Hall (from 1898), Swansea, 1886–1910; with Hazlitt Gallery (dealer), London, by 1971; from where acquired, on the advice of Dr Mary Woodall, with Sir Michael Levey, for the Felton Bequest, 1971.