• Aristoteles 
• Homerus 

1678: geërfd door Alfonsina Gotho (....-1689), Messina (?)

17 februari 1810: gekocht door Barnett op een anonieme verkoping bij veilinghuis Christie's, Londen, lotnr. 113, voor £79 16s (als ‘Rembrandt 113 A portrait of a Sculptor with a Bust’)

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

1907: gekocht door Duveen Brothers, Londen/Parijs/New York, van de erven Rodolphe Kann

1924: geërfd door Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955), New York
1928: gekocht door Duveen, New York, van Archer Milton Huntington, New York
1928: gekocht door Alfred W. Erickson (1876-1936), New York, van Duveen, New York voor USD 750.000
1930: gekocht door Duveen Brothers, Londen/Parijs/New York, van Alfred W. Erickson, New York voor USD 500.000
1936: gekocht door Alfred W. Erickson, New York, van Duveen Brothers, Londen/Parijs/New York voor USD 590.000
1936: geërfd door Mevr. Alfred W. Erickson (....-1961), New York

Pictures by Rubens, Rembrandt, Vandyke, and Other Artists of the Flemish and Dutch Schools, British Institution, Londen, mei 1815, cat. nr  39, als 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, Londen, juni 1838, cat. nr  12, als Portrait of Peter Cornelius Van Hooft, lent by Viscount Alford.
British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom, Londen, juni 1846, cat. nr  75, als 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, Londen, januari 1893–maart 1893, cat. nr  125, als 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, New York, 20 september 1909–30 november 1909, cat. nr  97, als The Savant, lent by Mrs. Collis P. Huntington, New York.
The Daily Telegraph Exhibition of Antiques and Works of Art, Olympia, Londen, 19 juli 1928–1 augustus 1928, cat. nr  X42, als 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 mei 1930–31 mei 1930, cat. nr  51, als 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 juni 1932–4 september 1932, cat. nr  26, als lent by Sir Joseph Duveen, Bt., New York.
Art Treasures Exhibition, Christie, Manson and Woods, Londen, 12 oktober 1932–5 november 1932, cat. nr  1355, als lent by Sir Joseph Duveen.
A Century of Progress, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1 juni 1933–1 november 1933, cat. nr  73, als lent by Duveen Brothers, New York.
Loan Collection of Old Master Paintings, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, 1936, zonder catalogus.
Rembrandt and his Circle. A Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Etchings, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, 4 februari 1936–1 maart 1936, cat. nr  6, p. 20-21, met afbeelding in zwart-wit (afb. 6) op p. 23, als 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., New York, 10 juni 1940–29 juni 1940, cat. nr  5, als lent anonymously.
Loan Exhibition in Honour of Royal Cortissoz and His 50 Years of Criticism in the New York Herald Tribune, M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1 december 1941–20 december 1941, cat. nr  16, als lent by Mrs. A.W. Erickson.
Rembrandt 1669/1969, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 13 september 1969–30 november 1969, cat. nr  11.
Masterpieces of Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 16 september 1970–1 november 1970, zonder cat. nr  , p. 44.
Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 15 november 1970–15 februari 1971, cat. nr  279.
Rembrandt/Not Rembrandt in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10 oktober 1995–7 januari 1996, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, cat.nr. 11.

Handtekening en datering linksonder:

Metropolitan Museum of Art: entry 437394 als Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, 143,5 × 136,5 cm RKDimages, Kunstwerknummer 53707, als Aristoteles bij de buste van Homerus, 143,5 × 136,5 cm