1678: inherited by Lambert Doomer (1624-1700), Amsterdam, from Baertje Martens, Amsterdam

1700: inherited by Herman Voster (....-1726), West-Vlieland/Ammerstol/Schoonhoven, from Lambert Doomer, Amsterdam

8 February 1750: sale of the collection of Cousein at Langford, London, lot no. 53, for £55.13s (as ‘Rembrandt. A Man's Head, 3 qrs.’)

4 May 1757: sale of the collection of H. Wolters at Croese, Amsterdam, lot no. 61 (as ‘Het Pourtrait van de Schilder Domer, zynde een Borststuk levensgrote, door Rembrant’)

1778: inherited by Mary Panton, Dowager Duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven (....-1793), Grimsthorpe, Lincolnshire

16 May 1791–18 May 1791: purchased by Tapant at the sale of the collection of the Duchess Dowager of Ancaster at Christie's, London, lot no. 84, for £49.7s (as ‘Rembrandt - A portrait’)

25 January 1802: purchased by Urique at the sale of the collection of Hendrick van Eyl Sluyter at Hip. Delaroche, Paris, lot no. 145, for FRF 5,005 (as ‘Rembrandt (Van Rhyn). Le Portrait de son Doreur’)

1836: anonymous sale at an unknown auction house, Paris (?)

2 June 1865: purchased by Possibly Salamanca de Madrid at the sale of the collection of Charles August Louis Joseph de Morny (duc de Morny) at Palais de la Présidence du Corps Législatif, Paris, lot no. 68, for FRF 155,000 , for Sofia Sergeyevna Trubetskaya (1836-1896), Madrid (as ‘Rembrandt (van Ryn, Paul) 68. Le Doreur ... Ce tableau est compté parmi les plus célèbres du maitre. (Daté 1640.) Collection de Chavagnac. Bois. Haut 78 cent.; larg. 51 cent.‘)

1882: purchased by Mme. de Cassin, Paris, from Sofia Sergeyevna Trubetskaya, Madrid, for FRF 250,000 (?)

1884: purchased by William Schaus (art dealer), New York City, from Auguste de Morny, 2nd Duke of Morny, Paris for FRF 210,000

1889: purchased by Henry Osbourne Havemeyer (1847-1907) and Louisine Havemeyer (1855-1929), New York, from William Schaus, New York for $70.000-10.000

Cent chefs-d'oeuvre des collections parisiennes, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 12 June 1883–?, cat. no.  95, as Le Doreur, duc de Morny.

Loan Exhibition, American Fine Arts Society, New York City, 13 February 1893–26 March 1893, cat. no.  15, as The Gilder, lent by H.O. Havemeyer.

Loan Exhibition of Painting by Old Dutch Masters (Hudson-Fulton Celebration), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 20 September 1909–30 November 1909, cat. no.  88, as The Gilder Herman Doomer, lent by Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, New York.

Loan Exhibition of Masterpieces by Old and Modern Painters, M. Knoedler & Co., New York City, 6 April 1915–24 April 1915, cat. no.  9.

The H. O. Havemeyer Collection. A catalogue of the temporary exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 10 March 1930–2 November 1930, cat. no.  95.

The Art of Rembrandt, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 21 January 1942–?, no catalogue.

A loan exhibition of Rembrandt at Wildenstein, Wildenstein and Company, New York City, 19 January 1950–25 February 1950, cat. no.  13.

Rembrandt, Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, 12 January 1951–28 February 1951, no catalogue.

Splendid legacy. The Havemeyer collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 27 March 1993–20 June 1993, ISBN 0870996649, cat. no.  A449.

Rembrandt/Not Rembrandt in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10 October 1995–7 January 1996, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Cat.no. 8.

Rembrandt. Zoektocht van een genie, Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam, 1 April 2006–2 July 2006, ISBN 90-400-9165-X.

Rembrandt - Genie auf der Suche, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, 4 August 2006–5 November 2006, cat. no.  29.

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