15 July 1749: sale of the collection of the estate of Caspar Netscher, A. Schouwman et al. at an unknown auction house, The Hague, lot no. 122 (?)

1895: acquired by Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris, from Consul Edmund Friedrich Weber, Hamburg by exchange

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

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

from 1960 until January 2006: Clark family

from 1991 until 2005: lent to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
January 2006: given to the Shippy Foundation, United States of America, by Clark family

The Thirteenth Loan Exhibition of Old Masters. Paintings by Rembrandt, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 2 May 1930–31 May 1930, cat. no.  67.
European Paintings and Sculpture from 1300-1800. Masterpieces of Art, World's Fair, New York City, May 1939–October 1939, OCLC 222146866, cat. no.  309.
A loan exhibition of Rembrandt at Wildenstein, Wildenstein and Company, New York City, 19 January 1950–25 February 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, New York City, 12 January 1954–30 January 1954, cat. no.  4, plate 4.
Art Treasures Exhibition, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York City, 16 June 1955–30 June 1955, cat. no.  340.
Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture Collected by Yale Alumni. An Exhibition, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 19 May 1960–26 June 1960, cat. no.  12.
Rembrandt After Three Hundred Years. An Exhibition of Rembrandt and His Followers, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 25 October 1969–7 December 1969, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, 22 December 1969–1 February 1970, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 24 February 1970–5 April 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 October 1997–7 December 1997, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 17 December 1997–15 February 1998, cat. no.  21.
Rembrandt and the Venetian Influence, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York City, 3 October 2000–18 November 2000, cat. no.  2.
Rembrandt's Journey. Painter, draughtsman, etcher, 26 October 2003–18 January 2004, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, Cat.no. 216.
Rembrandt's Late Religious Portraits, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 30 January 2005–1 May 2005, Getty Center, Los Angeles, 7 June 2005–28 August 2005, cat. no.  9.
Rembrandt's Apostles, Timken Museum of Art, San Diego, 1 October 2005–15 January 2006.
Rembrandt. Zoektocht van een genie, Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam, 1 April 2006–2 July 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