12 May 1843: purchased by Christianus Johannes Nieuwenhuys (art dealer), City of Brussels/London, at the sale of the collection of Sir Christopher Bethell-Codrington , lot no. 165, for £252

11 December 1854: purchased by Raczynski at the sale of the collection of Baron de Mecklembourg at Hotel des commissaires-priseurs, Paris, lot no. 15, for FRF 13,000 (as Rembrandt (Paul van Ryn), Le Christ, [...] Toile.–Hauteur, 97 c. Largeur, 80 c.)

1927: purchased by Duveen Brothers, Paris/London/New York City, from Count Raczynski for USD 150,000

1927: purchased by Jules Bache (1861-1944), New York, from Duveen Brothers, Paris/London/New York City for USD 300,000

Rembrandt. Schilderijen bijeengebracht ter gelegenheid van de inhuldiging van Hare Majesteit Koningin Wilhelmina, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 8 September 1898–November 1898, cat. no.  114, as Studie voor een Christus. (Levensgroot, tot aan het middel.) [...] Doek, h. 0.975, b. 0.815. Edward, Graaf Raczynski, Posen..

Exhibition of Dutch Art 1450–1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 4 January 1929–9 March 1929, OCLC 38679108, cat. no.  127, as Jesus Christ, lent by Jules S. Bache.

Rembrandt tentoonstelling ter plechtige herdenking van het 300-jarig bestaan der Universiteit van Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 11 June 1932–4 September 1932, cat. no.  35, as Christus, Jules S. Bache, New York.

Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Rembrandt, M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 17 April 1933–29 April 1933, cat. no.  12, as The Pelgrim, lent by Jules Bache.

Paintings by the Great Dutch Masters of the Seventeenth Century, Duveen Galleries, New York, 8 October 1942–7 November 1942, cat. no.  51, as lent by the Bache Collection, New York.

レンブラント.巨匠とその周辺 [Rembrandt and the Bible], Sogo Museum of Art, Yokohama, 31 October 1986–23 December 1986, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, 6 January 1987–1 February 1987, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 7 February 1987–22 March 1987, cat. no.  12.

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. 37.

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.  12, as The Apostle James the Minor.

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.

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

The Age of Rembrandt, Dutch paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 18 September 2007–6 January 2008, no catalogue.

Signature and date center right: