• Aristotele 
• Homero 

1678: inherited by Alfonsina Gotho (....-1689), Messina (?)

17 febrero 1810: purchased by Barnett at an anonymous sale at Christie's, London (auction house), lot no. 113, for £79 16s (as ‘Rembrandt 113 A portrait of a Sculptor with a Bust’)

1838: inherited by John Egerton, Viscount Alford (1812-1851), Ashridge Park, Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire
1851: inherited by John William Spencer Brownlow-Egerton-Cust, 2nd Earl Brownlow (1842-1867), Ashridge Park, Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire
1867: inherited by Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow (1844-1921), Ashridge Park, Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire

1907: purchased by Duveen Brothers, London/Paris/Site de New York, from the estate of Rodolphe Kann

1924: inherited by Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955), New York
1928: purchased by Duveen, New York, from Archer Milton Huntington, New York
1928: purchased by Alfred W. Erickson (1876-1936), New York, from Duveen, New York for 750,000 USD
1930: purchased by Duveen Brothers, London/Paris/Site de New York, from Alfred W. Erickson, New York for 500,000 USD
1936: purchased by Alfred W. Erickson, New York, from Duveen Brothers, London/Paris/Site de New York for 590,000 USD
1936: inherited by Mrs. Alfred W. Erickson (....-1961), New York

Pictures by Rubens, Rembrandt, Vandyke, and Other Artists of the Flemish and Dutch Schools, British Institution, London, maio 1815, cat. no.  39, as Portrait of Peter Cornelius Van Hooft, lent by Sir A. Hume.
Catalogue of Pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, and French Masters. With which the Proprietors Have Favoured the Institution, British Institution, London, junio 1838, cat. no.  12, as Portrait of Peter Cornelius Van Hooft, lent by Viscount Alford.
British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom, London, junio 1846, cat. no.  75, as Cornelius Van Hooft, lent by Viscount Alford.
Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters, and by Deceased Masters of the British School. [...] Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, janero 1893–marto 1893, cat. no.  125, as Portrait of a Man, lent by the Earl Brownlow.
Loan Exhibition of Painting by Old Dutch Masters (Hudson-Fulton Celebration), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Site de New York, 20 setembre 1909–30 novembre 1909, cat. no.  97, as The Savant, lent by Mrs. Collis P. Huntington, New York.
The Daily Telegraph Exhibition of Antiques and Works of Art, Olympia, London, 19 julio 1928–1 agosto 1928, cat. no.  X42, as A Savant with the Bust of Homer, lent by Sir Joseph Duveen.
The Thirteenth Loan Exhibition of Old Masters. Paintings by Rembrandt, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 2 maio 1930–31 maio 1930, cat. no.  51, as Aristotle, lent by Mr. A. W. Erickson, New York.
Rembrandt tentoonstelling ter plechtige herdenking van het 300-jarig bestaan der Universiteit van Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 11 junio 1932–4 setembre 1932, cat. no.  26, as lent by Sir Joseph Duveen, Bt., New York.
Art Treasures Exhibition, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, 12 otobre 1932–5 novembre 1932, cat. no.  1355, as lent by Sir Joseph Duveen.
A Century of Progress, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1 junio 1933–1 novembre 1933, cat. no.  73, as lent by Duveen Brothers, New York.
Loan Collection of Old Master Paintings, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, 1936, no catalogue.
Rembrandt and his Circle. A Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Etchings, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, 4 febrero 1936–1 marto 1936, cat. no.  6, p. 20-21, with image in black and white (ill. 6) on p. 23, as ARISTOTLE WITH THE BUST OF HOMER [...] 54½ × 52½ in. [...] Lent by Duveen Brothers, Inc., New York.
Loan Exhibition of Allied Art for Allied Aid, for the Benefit of the Red Cross War Relief Fund, M. Knoedler & Co., Site de New York, 10 junio 1940–29 junio 1940, cat. no.  5, as lent anonymously.
Loan Exhibition in Honour of Royal Cortissoz and His 50 Years of Criticism in the New York Herald Tribune, M. Knoedler & Co., Site de New York, 1 desembre 1941–20 desembre 1941, cat. no.  16, as lent by Mrs. A.W. Erickson.
Rembrandt 1669/1969, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 13 setembre 1969–30 novembre 1969, cat. no.  11.
Masterpieces of Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 16 setembre 1970–1 novembre 1970, without cat. no.  , p. 44.
Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Site de New York, 15 novembre 1970–15 febrero 1971, cat. no.  279.
Rembrandt/Not Rembrandt in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10 otobre 1995–7 janero 1996, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Site de New York, Cat.no. 11.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art: entry 437394 as Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, 143.5 × 136.5 cm RKDimages, Art-work number 53707, as Aristotle with a bust of Homer, 143.5 × 136.5 cm