• Aristoteles 
• Homeros 

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

17 Şubat 1810: purchased by Barnett at an anonymous sale at Christie's, Londra (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, Londra/Paris/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, Londra/Paris/New York, from Alfred W. Erickson, New York for 500.000 USD
1936: purchased by Alfred W. Erickson, New York, from Duveen Brothers, Londra/Paris/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, Londra, Mayıs 1815, kat. 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, Londra, Haziran 1838, kat. no.  12, as Portrait of Peter Cornelius Van Hooft, lent by Viscount Alford.
British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom, Londra, Haziran 1846, kat. 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, Londra, Ocak 1893–Mart 1893, kat. 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, New York, 20 Eylül 1909–30 Kasım 1909, kat. no.  97, as The Savant, lent by Mrs. Collis P. Huntington, New York.
The Daily Telegraph Exhibition of Antiques and Works of Art, Olympia, Londra, 19 Temmuz 1928–1 Ağustos 1928, kat. 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 Mayıs 1930–31 Mayıs 1930, kat. 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 Haziran 1932–4 Eylül 1932, kat. no.  26, as lent by Sir Joseph Duveen, Bt., New York.
Art Treasures Exhibition, Christie, Manson and Woods, Londra, 12 Ekim 1932–5 Kasım 1932, kat. no.  1355, as lent by Sir Joseph Duveen.
A Century of Progress, Art Institute of Chicago, Şikago, 1 Haziran 1933–1 Kasım 1933, kat. no.  73, as lent by Duveen Brothers, New York.
Loan Collection of Old Master Paintings, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, 1936, no katalog.
Rembrandt and his Circle. A Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Etchings, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, 4 Şubat 1936–1 Mart 1936, kat. 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., New York, 10 Haziran 1940–29 Haziran 1940, kat. 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., New York, 1 Aralık 1941–20 Aralık 1941, kat. no.  16, as lent by Mrs. A.W. Erickson.
Rembrandt 1669/1969, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 13 Eylül 1969–30 Kasım 1969, kat. no.  11.
Masterpieces of Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 16 Eylül 1970–1 Kasım 1970, without kat. no.  , p. 44.
Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 15 Kasım 1970–15 Şubat 1971, kat. no.  279.
Rembrandt/Not Rembrandt in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10 Ekim 1995–7 Ocak 1996, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cat.no. 11.

Imza ve üretim tarihi :

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