• Aristotele 
• Omero 

Data sconosciuta: commissionato da Don Antonio Ruffo, principe della Scaletta (1610/1611-1678), Messina, Numero di inventario 599
1678: ereditato da Alfonsina Gotho (....-1689), Messina (?)

17 febbraio 1810: acquistato da Barnett ad una vendita anonima presso Christie's, Londra (casa d'aste), lotto n. 113(prezzo di vendita: £79 16s) (as ‘Rembrandt 113 A portrait of a Sculptor with a Bust’)

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

1907: acquistato da Duveen Brothers, Londra/Parigi/New York, presso the estate of Rodolphe Kann

1924: ereditato da Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955), New York
1928: acquistato da Duveen, New York, presso Archer Milton Huntington, New York
1928: acquistato da Alfred W. Erickson (1876-1936), New York, presso Duveen, New York
1930: acquistato da Duveen Brothers, Londra/Parigi/New York, presso Alfred W. Erickson, New York
1936: acquistato da Alfred W. Erickson, New York, presso Duveen Brothers, Londra/Parigi/New York
1936: ereditato da Sig.ra Alfred W. Erickson (....-1961), New York

Pictures by Rubens, Rembrandt, Vandyke, and Other Artists of the Flemish and Dutch Schools, British Institution, Londra, maggio 1815, cat. nº 39, come 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, giugno 1838, cat. nº 12, come Portrait of Peter Cornelius Van Hooft, lent by Viscount Alford.
British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom, Londra, giugno 1846, cat. nº 75, come 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, gennaio 1893–marzo 1893, cat. nº 125, come 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 settembre 1909–30 novembre 1909, cat. nº 97, come The Savant, lent by Mrs. Collis P. Huntington, New York.
The Daily Telegraph Exhibition of Antiques and Works of Art, Olympia, Londra, 19 luglio 1928–1º agosto 1928, cat. nº X42, come 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 maggio 1930–31 maggio 1930, cat. nº 51, come 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 giugno 1932–4 settembre 1932, cat. nº 26, come lent by Sir Joseph Duveen, Bt., New York.
Art Treasures Exhibition, Christie, Manson and Woods, Londra, 12 ottobre 1932–5 novembre 1932, cat. nº 1355, come lent by Sir Joseph Duveen.
A Century of Progress, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1º giugno 1933–1º novembre 1933, cat. nº 73, come lent by Duveen Brothers, New York.
Loan Collection of Old Master Paintings, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, 1936, no catalogo.
Rembrandt and his Circle. A Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Etchings, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, 4 febbraio 1936–1º marzo 1936, cat. nº 6, p. 20-21, with image in black and white (ill. 6) on p. 23, come 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 giugno 1940–29 giugno 1940, cat. nº 5, come 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, 1º dicembre 1941–20 dicembre 1941, cat. nº 16, come lent by Mrs. A.W. Erickson.
Rembrandt 1669/1969, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 13 settembre 1969–30 novembre 1969, cat. nº 11.
Masterpieces of Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 16 settembre 1970–1º novembre 1970, without cat. nº , p. 44.
Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 15 novembre 1970–15 febbraio 1971, cat. nº 279.
Rembrandt/Not Rembrandt in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10 ottobre 1995–7 gennaio 1996, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cat.no. 11.

Metropolitan Museum of Art: entry 437394 come 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