Object history |
Datum ûnbekend Unknown date : commissioned by Don Antonio Ruffo, principe della Scaletta (1610/1611-1678), Messina, Inventory number 599 for 500 NLG
1678: inherited by Alfonsina Gotho (....-1689), Messina (?)
by 1710date QS:P,+1710-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1710-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Don Placido Ruffo, principe della Scaletta, Messina
1710 - 1739date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1710-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1739-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Don Antonio Ruffo (II), principe della Scaletta (....-1739), Messina
1739 - 1743date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1739-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1743-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Don Calogero Ruffo, principe della Scaletta, Messina
1743 - 1755date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1743-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1755-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Don Giovanni Ruffo e la Rocca, principe della Scaletta, Messina
1778 - 1783date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1778-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1783-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Giovanni Ruffo, Messina
from 1783date QS:P,+1783-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1783-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Ruffo family, Messina (?)
by 1810date QS:P,+1810-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1810-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Vaughan (?)
17 febrewaris 1810: purchased by Barnett at an anonymous sale at Christie's, Londen (auction house), lot no. 113, for £79 16s (as ‘Rembrandt 113 A portrait of a Sculptor with a Bust’)
by 1815date QS:P,+1815-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1815-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet (1749-1838), Ashridge Park, Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, Inventory number 116 (as Portrait of Cornelius van Hooft)
1838: inherited by John Egerton, Viscount Alford (1812-1851), Ashridge Park, Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire
1851: inherited by John William Spencer Brownlow-Egerton-Cust, 2nd Earl Brownlow (1842-1867), Ashridge Park, Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire
1867: inherited by Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow (1844-1921), Ashridge Park, Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire
by 1895date QS:P,+1895-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1895-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Rodolphe Kann (1845-1905), Parys
1905 - 1907date QS:P,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1907-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : the estate of Rodolphe Kann
1907: purchased by Duveen Brothers, Londen/Parys/New York City, from the estate of Rodolphe Kann
1907: purchased by Arabella Huntington (circa 1851date QS:P,+1851-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 -1924), New York City, from Duveen Brothers, Londen/Parys/New York City
1924: inherited by Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955), New York
1928: purchased by Duveen, New York, from Archer Milton Huntington, New York
1928: purchased by Alfred W. Erickson (1876-1936), New York, from Duveen, New York for 750.000 USD
1930: purchased by Duveen Brothers, Londen/Parys/New York City, from Alfred W. Erickson, New York for 500.000 USD
1936: purchased by Alfred W. Erickson, New York, from Duveen Brothers, Londen/Parys/New York City for 590.000 USD
1936: inherited by Mrs. Alfred W. Erickson (....-1961), New York
15 novimber 1961: purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, at the sale of the collection of Mrs. A.W. Erickson at Parke-Bernet, New York, lot no. 7, for 2.300.000 USD
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Exhibition history |
Pictures by Rubens, Rembrandt, Vandyke, and Other Artists of the Flemish and Dutch Schools, British Institution, Londen, maaie 1815, cat. nr 39, as 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, Londen, juny 1838, cat. nr 12, as Portrait of Peter Cornelius Van Hooft, lent by Viscount Alford.
British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom, Londen, juny 1846, cat. nr 75, as 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, Londen, jannewaris 1893–maart 1893, cat. nr 125, as 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 City, 20 septimber 1909–30 novimber 1909, cat. nr 97, as The Savant, lent by Mrs. Collis P. Huntington, New York.
The Daily Telegraph Exhibition of Antiques and Works of Art, Olympia, Londen, 19 july 1928–1 augustus 1928, cat. nr X42, as 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 maaie 1930–31 maaie 1930, cat. nr 51, as 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 juny 1932–4 septimber 1932, cat. nr 26, as lent by Sir Joseph Duveen, Bt., New York.
Art Treasures Exhibition, Christie, Manson and Woods, Londen, 12 oktober 1932–5 novimber 1932, cat. nr 1355, as lent by Sir Joseph Duveen.
A Century of Progress, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1 juny 1933–1 novimber 1933, cat. nr 73, as lent by Duveen Brothers, New York.
Loan Collection of Old Master Paintings, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach (Floarida), 1936, no catalogue.
Rembrandt and his Circle. A Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Etchings, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, 4 febrewaris 1936–1 maart 1936, cat. nr 6, p. 20-21, with image in black and white (ill. 6) on p. 23, as 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 City, 10 juny 1940–29 juny 1940, cat. nr 5, as 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 City, 1 desimber 1941–20 desimber 1941, cat. nr 16, as lent by Mrs. A.W. Erickson.
Rembrandt 1669/1969, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 13 septimber 1969–30 novimber 1969, cat. nr 11.
Masterpieces of Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 16 septimber 1970–1 novimber 1970, without cat. nr , p. 44.
Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 15 novimber 1970–15 febrewaris 1971, cat. nr 279.
Rembrandt/Not Rembrandt in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10 oktober 1995–7 jannewaris 1996, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Cat.no. 11.
The Age of Rembrandt, Dutch paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 18 septimber 2007–6 jannewaris 2008, no catalogue.
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