1634: commissioned by Joannes Elison (1606-1677), Amsterdam
Unknown date: inherited by Anne Elison (1614-1681) and Daniel Dover (1619-1702), Ludham, Category:Norfolk (disambiguation)
Unknown date: inherited by Mary Dover Colby (1649-1718)
from 1702 (?) until 1860: Colby family, Yarmouth

30 June 1860: purchased by Fisher (art dealer), London, at the sale of the collection of Colby at Christie, Manson and Woods, London, lot no. 22
1863: purchased by Eugène Schneider (1805-1875), Paris, from Fisher, London
6 April 1876: sale of the collection of Schneider , lot no. 29,
Unknown date: purchased by Henri Schneider (1840-1898), Paris, from the estate of Eugène Schneider

1956: purchased by Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York City, from Schneider family, Paris

Exposition hollandaise: tableaux, aquarelles et dessins anciens et modernes, Musée du Jeu de Paume, Paris, April 1921–May 1921, cat. no.  30, p. 5.
Exhibition of Dutch Art 1450–1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 4 January 1929–9 March 1929, OCLC 38679108, cat. no.  84, p. 47.
A loan exhibition of Rembrandt at Wildenstein, Wildenstein and Company, New York City, 19 January 1950–25 February 1950, cat. no.  8.
Cent portraits d'hommes du XIVe siècle à nos jours, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 1952, cat. no.  76.
The age of Rembrandt, 10 October 1966–13 November 1966, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, 26 November 1966–8 January 1967, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, 21 January 1967–5 March 1967, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, Cat.no. 34.
Rembrandt 1669/1969, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 13 September 1969–30 November 1969, cat. no.  3.
100 Paintings from the Boston Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 29 May 1970–26 July 1970, cat. no.  26, p. 47.
The Rathbone Years. Masterpieces Acquired for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1955-1972 and for the St. Louis Art Museum, 1940-1955, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1972, cat. no.  92, p. 115.
Rembrandt Rembrandt, 3 November 2002–13 January 2003, Kyoto National Museum, Kyoto, 1 February 2003–11 May 2003, Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Cat.no. 11.
Da Rembrandt a Gauguin a Picasso. L'incanto della picttura, Castel Sismondo, Rimini, 10 October 2009–14 March 2010, cat. no.  11, p. 46-47, 67-68, 141-143.
European masterpieces from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mori Arts Center Gallery, Tokyo, 17 April 2010–20 June 2010, Kyoto Municipal Museum, Kyoto, 6 July 2010–29 August 2010, cat. no.  7.

Signature and date bottom right:

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, online database, as Reverend Johannes Elison

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