8 March 1780: purchased by Joullain at the sale of the collection of M. Sané at Joullain, Paris, lot no. 36, for FRF 221 (as ‘36 Un Capucin vu à mi-corps; il paroît réfléchir profondément. Le fond annonce un paysage. Ce Tableau, d'une touche large & d'un effet piquant, est peint sur toile par Rembrandt. Hauteur 28 pouces 6 lignes, Largeur 24 pouces.’) (?)

1 February 1786: purchased by Langlier at the sale of the collection of Charles-Paul-Jean-Baptiste de Bourgevin Vialart de Saint-Morys at Milliotti, Boileau, Paillet, Paris, lot no. 115, for FRF 88 (as ‘Rimbrandt van Rhin. 115. Un Religieux représenté à mi corps & en méditation. Ce tableau, savant de touche; ne laisse aucun doute sur l'originalité, par la hardiesse de son exécution. H. 33 pouces, L. 26 pouc. T[oile].’) (?)

1917: nationalized

Rembrandt Tentoonstelling, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 13 July 1935–13 October 1935, Cat.no. 28.

Rembrandt-Ausstellung zu Ehren Ihrer Majestät Königin Wilhelmine der Niederlande, anlässlich des Jubiläums ihrer fünfzigjährigen Regierungszeit, Katz Galerie, Basel, 24 July 1948–30 September 1948, cat. no.  25.

Dutch Pictures 1450-1750, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 22 November 1952–1 March 1953, Cat.no. 190.

Holländer des 17. Jahrhunderts, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, 4 November 1953–20 December 1953, Cat.no. 123.

Mostra di pittura olandese del seicento, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 4 January 1954–14 February 1954, cat. no.  123.

Rembrandt. Sextiosex bilder från utställningen i Nationaluseum, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 12 January 1956–15 April 1956, cat. no.  36.

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.  84.

The age of Rembrandt, 10 October 1966–13 November 1966, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, 26 November 1966–8 January 1967, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, 21 January 1967–5 March 1967, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, Cat.no. 40.

El Siglo de Rembrandt, Museo del Prado, Madrid, October 1985–January 1986, ISBN 8474834287, cat. no.  15.

The Bible, Mythology and Ancient History. Rembrandt and the Rembrandt School, 13 September 2003–14 December 2003, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, cat. no.  17.

The Golden Age. Highlights from the Rijksmuseum, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 24 June 2005–2 October 2005, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, 25 October 2005–15 January 2006.

Rembrandt-Caravaggio, 24 February 2006–18 June 2006, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Cat.no. 26.

Rembrandt - Genie auf der Suche, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, 4 August 2006–5 November 2006, cat. no.  73.

Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch painting. Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum, 9 May 2009–13 September 2009, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, ISBN 978-1-55365-471-1.

L'âge d'or hollandais. De Rembrandt à Vermeer/The Dutch Golden age. From Rembrandt to Vermeer, Pinacothèque de Paris, Paris, 7 October 2009–7 February 2010, ISBN 9782358670050, p. 84-85, 214, ill. 109.

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Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Rembrandt’s Son Titus in a Monk’s Habit.

RKDimages, Art-work number 2954, as Titis as a monk

Vereniging Rembrandt, as Titus in monniksdracht.