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1740: purchased by George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu (1712-1790), Montagu House, London
1790: inherited by Elizabeth Brudenell (1743-1827), Montagu House, London

1928: acquired by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., New York City
1928: acquired by M. Knoedler & Co., New York City
January 1929: purchased by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh/Washington, D.C.
28 December 1934: ownership transferred to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh

Exhibition of the Works of the Old Masters. Winter Exhibition, 1872, Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cat.no. 181.
Rembrandt. Schilderijen bijeengebracht ter gelegenheid van de inhuldiging van Hare Majesteit Koningin Wilhelmina, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 8 September 1898–November 1898, cat. no.  102.
Exhibition of Works by Rembrandt. Winter exhibition, thirteenth year, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2 January 1899–11 March 1899, cat. no.  6.
A Loan Exhibition of Sixteen Masterpieces, Knoedler Galleries, New York City, January 1930, cat. no.  8.
The Thirteenth Loan Exhibition of Old Masters. Paintings by Rembrandt, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 2 May 1930–31 May 1930, cat. no.  62.
Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Etchings by Rembrandt and His Circle, 1935–1936, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Cat.no. 6.
Rembrandt Tentoonstelling, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 13 July 1935–13 October 1935, Cat.no. 26.
European Paintings and Sculpture from 1300-1800. Masterpieces of Art, World's Fair, New York City, May 1939–October 1939, OCLC 222146866, cat. no.  307.
Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art, 1969, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cat.no. 19.
Masterpieces of Western European Painting of the XVIth-XXth Centuries from the Museums of the European Countries and USA, 1989, State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Cat.no. 13.
Dutch Art and Scotland. A Reflection of Taste, 1992, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Cat.no. 53.
Rembrandt, His Pupils and Followers, 1996, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
Rembrandt by himself/Rembrandt zelf, 5 June 1999–5 September 1999, National Gallery, London, 25 September 1999–9 January 2000, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague, Cat.no. 73.
Rembrandt. Dipinti, incisioni e riflessi sul '600 e '700 italiano, 2002–2003, Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, Cat.no. 6D.
Rembrandt's Journey. Painter, draughtsman, etcher, 26 October 2003–18 January 2004, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, Cat.no. 215.

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National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., online collection