31 March 1729: sale of the collection of Govert Looten at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam, lot no. 7, for NLG 71 (as ‘een Turkse Vorst of primo Vizier, door Rembrant konstig en kragtig geschildert’)

1757: bequeathed to Paul Methuen (1723-1795), Corsham Court, Chippenham, Wiltshire, by Paul Methuen, London
1795: inherited by Paul Cobb Methuen (1752-1816), Corsham Court, from Paul Methuen, Corsham Court
1816: bequeathed to Paul Methuen, 1st Baron Methuen (1779-1849), Corsham Court

1845: purchased by Willem II der Nederlanden (1792-1849), The Hague, from Christianus Johannes Nieuwenhuys
12 August 1850: purchased by Christianus Johannes Nieuwenhuys, London, at the sale of the collection of Willem II der Nederlanden at de Vries, Roos, Brondgeest, The Hague, lot no. 91, for NLG 4,500 (as ‘Rembrandt van Rhijn. H. 150. L. 12. Homme vêtu en costume oriental. Le personnage est coiffé d’un turban blanc orné de pierres fines; un manteau richement brodé d’or est fixé sur ses épaules, de même qu’un châle de cachemire blanc; il est debout et tient la main gauche sur la hanche, la main droite repose sur un canne. – Tableau d’une très belle qualité’)

by 1882/1885: Charles J. Wertheimer, London

1895: inherited by William Kissam Vanderbilt (1849-1920), New York City

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.  79, as ‘lent by Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt, New York’.
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.  3, as Portrait of a Distinguished Oriental.
Diamond Jubilee Exhibition. Masterpieces of Painting, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 4 November 1950–11 February 1951, cat. no.  38.
Rembrandt Tentoonstelling. Ter herdenking van de geboorte van Rembrandt op 15 juli 1606, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 18 May 1956–5 August 1956, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 8 August 1956–21 October 1956, OCLC 15659340, cat. no.  20.
In the Presence of Kings. Royal Treasures from the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 18 April 1967–11 June 1967, cat. no.  29, as The Noble Slav.
Masterpieces of Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 16 September 1970–1 November 1970, without cat. no.  , p. 42.
Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 15 November 1970–15 February 1971, cat. no.  280.
100 Paintings from the Metropolitan Museum, State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, 22 May 1975–27 July 1975, State Pushkin Museum, Moscow, 28 August 1975–2 November 1975, cat. no.  22.
Rembrandt, The master and his workshop, Altes Museum, Berlin, 12 September 1991–10 November 1991, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 4 December 1991–1 March 1992, National Gallery, London, 26 March 1992–24 May 1992, Cat.no. 9.
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. 2.
Rembrandt? The Master and his Workshop, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, 4 February 2006–14 May 2006, ISBN 9788790096519, cat. no.  5.
Rembrandt & Co, Dealing in Masterpieces, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, 7 June 2006–3 September 2006, without cat. no. 
Rembrandt en Uylenburgh, handel in meesterwerken, Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam, 16 September 2006–10 December 2006, without cat. no. 

Signature and date bottom right:

Metropolitan Museum of Art: entry 437385 as Man in Oriental Costume ("The Noble Slav"), 152.7 × 111.1 cm (60.1 × 43.7 in) RKDimages, Art-work number 58650, as Man in oriental costume, 152.7 × 111.1 cm (60.1 × 43.7 in)