15 de xunetu de 1749: sale of the collection of the estate of Caspar Netscher, A. Schouwman et al. at an unknown auction house, L'Haya, lot no. 122 (?)

1895: acquired by Charles Sedelmeyer, París, from Consul Edmund Friedrich Weber, Hamburgu by exchange

1913: acquired by John North Willys (1873-1935), Toledo/Nueva York
1913: lent to the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo

25 de ochobre de 1945: purchased by Billy Rose, Nueva York, at the sale of the collection of Isabel Van Wie Willys, Nueva York, at Parke Bernet, New York, lot no. 16, for 75 000 USD

de 1960 a xineru de 2006: Clark family

de 1991 a 2005: lent to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
xineru de 2006: donación a the Shippy Foundation, Estaos Xuníos, de Clark family

The Thirteenth Loan Exhibition of Old Masters. Paintings by Rembrandt, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 2 de mayu de 1930–31 de mayu de 1930, cat. no.  67.
European Paintings and Sculpture from 1300-1800. Masterpieces of Art, World's Fair, Nueva York, mayu de 1939–ochobre de 1939, OCLC 222146866, cat. no.  309.
A loan exhibition of Rembrandt at Wildenstein, Wildenstein and Company, Nueva York, 19 de xineru de 1950–25 de febreru de 1950, cat. no.  24.
A Collector's Taste. A Benefit Exhibition of Paintings. Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Clark for the Benefit of the Fresh Air Association of St. John, M. Knoedler and Co, Nueva York, 12 de xineru de 1954–30 de xineru de 1954, cat. no.  4, plate 4.
Art Treasures Exhibition, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Nueva York, 16 de xunu de 1955–30 de xunu de 1955, cat. no.  340.
Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture Collected by Yale Alumni. An Exhibition, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 19 de mayu de 1960–26 de xunu de 1960, cat. no.  12.
Rembrandt After Three Hundred Years. An Exhibition of Rembrandt and His Followers, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 25 de ochobre de 1969–7 de avientu de 1969, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, 22 de avientu de 1969–1 de febreru de 1970, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 24 de febreru de 1970–5 de abril de 1970, cat. no.  20.
Prized possessions. European paintings from private collections of friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1992, cat. no.  121.
Rembrandt. A genius and his impact, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1 de ochobre de 1997–7 de avientu de 1997, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 17 de avientu de 1997–15 de febreru de 1998, cat. no.  21.
Rembrandt and the Venetian Influence, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Nueva York, 3 de ochobre de 2000–18 de payares de 2000, cat. no.  2.
Rembrandt's Journey. Painter, draughtsman, etcher, 26 de ochobre de 2003–18 de xineru de 2004, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, Cat.no. 216.
Rembrandt's Late Religious Portraits, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, 30 de xineru de 2005–1 de mayu de 2005, Getty Center, Los Angeles, 7 de xunu de 2005–28 de agostu de 2005, cat. no.  9.
Rembrandt's Apostles, Timken Museum of Art, San Diego, 1 de ochobre de 2005–15 de xineru de 2006.
Rembrandt. Zoektocht van een genie, Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Ámsterdam, 1 de abril de 2006–2 de xunetu de 2006, ISBN 90-400-9165-X, cat. no.  113.

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RKDimages, Art-work number 59161, as The apostle Saint James the Greater praying