Commissioned by Radalphus Crucken, provost of Affligem abbey, 1746;{A. Jacobs, _Laurent Delvaux (Gand, 1696-Nivelles, 1778)_, Paris 1999, p. 353 and B. van der Mark, ‘St Joseph with the Christ Child, BK-1971-25’, in F. Scholten and B. van der Mark (eds.), _European Sculpture in the Rijksmuseum_, online coll. cat. Amsterdam 2025.} from the estate of the artist, inherited by Edmond Fiévet, Nivelles;{Fiévet 1878, p. 21.} inherited by Alfred Fiévet, Nivelles;{ G. Willame, _Laurent Delvaux (1696-1778)_, Brussels/Paris 1914, no. 145.} inherited by Mrs K. Gem, Rèves; whose sale, London (Christie’s), 12 May 1970, no. 138; from the Heim Gallery, London, £500 (fl. 4337), to the museum, 1971