• Aristòtel 
• Omèr 

1678 : heretat per Alfonsina Gotho (....-1689), Messina (?)

17 febrièr de 1810 : adquirit per Barnett en una venda anònima a Christie's, Londres (casa de subhastes) (com a ‘Rembrandt 113 A portrait of a Sculptor with a Bust’)

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

1907 : adquirit per Duveen Brothers, Londres/París/Nòva York, a the estate of Rodolphe Kann

1924 : heretat per Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955), New York
1928 : adquirit per Duveen, New York, a Archer Milton Huntington, New York
1928 : adquirit per Alfred W. Erickson (1876-1936), New York, a Duveen, New York
1930 : adquirit per Duveen Brothers, Londres/París/Nòva York, a Alfred W. Erickson, New York
1936 : adquirit per Alfred W. Erickson, New York, a Duveen Brothers, Londres/París/Nòva York
1936 : heretat per Sra. Alfred W. Erickson (....-1961), New York

Pictures by Rubens, Rembrandt, Vandyke, and Other Artists of the Flemish and Dutch Schools, British Institution, Londres, mai de 1815, cat. no.  39, com 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, junh de 1838, cat. no.  12, com Portrait of Peter Cornelius Van Hooft, lent by Viscount Alford.
British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom, Londres, junh de 1846, cat. no.  75, com 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, genièr de 1893–març de 1893, cat. no.  125, com 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, Nòva York, 20 setembre de 1909–30 novembre de 1909, cat. no.  97, com The Savant, lent by Mrs. Collis P. Huntington, New York.
The Daily Telegraph Exhibition of Antiques and Works of Art, Olympia, Londres, 19 julhet de 1928–1 agost de 1928, cat. no.  X42, com 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 mai de 1930–31 mai de 1930, cat. no.  51, com 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 junh de 1932–4 setembre de 1932, cat. no.  26, com lent by Sir Joseph Duveen, Bt., New York.
Art Treasures Exhibition, Christie, Manson and Woods, Londres, 12 octobre de 1932–5 novembre de 1932, cat. no.  1355, com lent by Sir Joseph Duveen.
A Century of Progress, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1 junh de 1933–1 novembre de 1933, cat. no.  73, com lent by Duveen Brothers, New York.
Loan Collection of Old Master Paintings, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, 1936, sans catalòg.
Rembrandt and his Circle. A Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Etchings, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, 4 febrièr de 1936–1 març de 1936, cat. no.  6, p. 20-21, avec image en noir et blanc (ill. 6) à la p. 23, com 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., Nòva York, 10 junh de 1940–29 junh de 1940, cat. no.  5, com lent anonymously.
Loan Exhibition in Honour of Royal Cortissoz and His 50 Years of Criticism in the New York Herald Tribune, M. Knoedler & Co., Nòva York, 1 decembre de 1941–20 decembre de 1941, cat. no.  16, com lent by Mrs. A.W. Erickson.
Rembrandt 1669/1969, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 13 setembre de 1969–30 novembre de 1969, cat. no.  11.
Masterpieces of Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 16 setembre de 1970–1 novembre de 1970, sans cat. no.  , p. 44.
Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nòva York, 15 novembre de 1970–15 febrièr de 1971, cat. no.  279.
Rembrandt/Not Rembrandt in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10 octobre de 1995–7 genièr de 1996, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nòva York, Cat.no. 11.

Signatura e data a la part inferior esquerra :

Metropolitan Museum of Art : entrada 437394 com Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, 143,5 × 136,5 cm RKDimages, Œuvre numéro 53707, comme Aristotle with a bust of Homer, 143,5 × 136,5 cm