• Aristóteles 
• Homero 

1678: heredado por Alfonsina Gotho (....-1689), Messina (?)

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

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

1907: comprado por Duveen Brothers, Londres/París/Nueva York, a the estate of Rodolphe Kann

1924: heredado por Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955), New York
1928: comprado por Duveen, New York, a Archer Milton Huntington, New York
1928: comprado por Alfred W. Erickson (1876-1936), New York, a Duveen, New York
1930: comprado por Duveen Brothers, Londres/París/Nueva York, a Alfred W. Erickson, New York
1936: comprado por Alfred W. Erickson, New York, a Duveen Brothers, Londres/París/Nueva York
1936: heredado por Mrs. Alfred W. Erickson (....-1961), New York

Pictures by Rubens, Rembrandt, Vandyke, and Other Artists of the Flemish and Dutch Schools, British Institution, Londres, mayo de 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, Londres, junio de 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, Londres, junio de 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, Londres, enero de 1893–marzo de 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, Nueva York, 20 de septiembre de 1909–30 de noviembre de 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, Londres, 19 de julio de 1928–1 de agosto de 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 de mayo de 1930–31 de mayo de 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 de junio de 1932–4 de septiembre de 1932, cat. nº 26, as lent by Sir Joseph Duveen, Bt., New York.
Art Treasures Exhibition, Christie, Manson and Woods, Londres, 12 de octubre de 1932–5 de noviembre de 1932, cat. nº 1355, as lent by Sir Joseph Duveen.
A Century of Progress, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1 de junio de 1933–1 de noviembre de 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 catálogo.
Rembrandt and his Circle. A Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Etchings, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, 4 de febrero de 1936–1 de marzo de 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., Nueva York, 10 de junio de 1940–29 de junio de 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., Nueva York, 1 de diciembre de 1941–20 de diciembre de 1941, cat. nº 16, as lent by Mrs. A.W. Erickson.
Rembrandt 1669/1969, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 13 de septiembre de 1969–30 de noviembre de 1969, cat. nº 11.
Masterpieces of Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 16 de septiembre de 1970–1 de noviembre de 1970, without cat. nº , p. 44.
Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York, 15 de noviembre de 1970–15 de febrero de 1971, cat. nº 279.
Rembrandt/Not Rembrandt in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10 de octubre de 1995–7 de enero de 1996, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York, Cat.no. 11.

Firma y fecha pie izquierda:

Museo Metropolitano de Arte: 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