1640: commissioned by Nicolaes van Bambeeck (1596-1661) and Agatha Bas (1611-1658), Amsterdam (?)

15 April 1739: anonymous sale at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam, lot no. 85, for NLG 42 (as ‘De uitdryving van Hagar en Iſmaël, extra konſtig, door Rembrand van Rhyn’)

19 August 1749: purchased by Van Dyk at the sale of the collection of Willem Fabricius, Heere van Almkerk &c., at an unknown auction house, Haarlem, lot no. 12, for NLG 320 (as ‘Abraham Hagar uitgeleide doende, konſtig en kragtig, door Rembrand van Rhyn, h. 1 v. 3 d., br. 1 v. 9 en een half d.’)

1751: purchased by Ellys at the sale of the collection of Blackwood , lot no. 51

1758: purchased by Brandenburgh at the sale of the collection of Rongent

23 March 1806: purchased by John Parke at the sale of the collection of Sir George Yonge at White, London, lot no. 32, for £43.1s

9 May 1812: sale of the collection of John Parke at Coxe, London, lot no. 29, for £190 (as ‘Rembrandt. Abraham putting away Hagar; from Mr. Bouchier Cleve’s Collection’)

1818: sale of the collection of Woodburn ,

16 June 1821: purchased by Norton at an anonymous sale at Christie's, London (auction house), lot no. 58, for £110.5s (as ‘Rembrandt. Abraham sending away Hagar, mounted on an Ass, which is led by a Cord by Ishmael [...] formerly in the collection of Bouchier Cleave, Esq. and subsequently in the collection of Sir Geo. Younge, Bt’)

23 April 1869: sale of the collection of P.C. Crespigny at Christie's, London, lot no. 31, for £31.10s

Catalogue of Pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, and English Masters. With which the proprietors have favoured the Institution, British Institution, London, July 1832, OCLC 23923139, cat. no.  28.

Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters and by Deceased Masters of the British School; including special collections of the worls of Thomas Stothard, R.A., of William Blake, and of John Pettie, R.A. Winter Exhibition, twenty-fifth year, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1894, cat. no.  95, p. 23, as Rembrandt, Abraham, Hagar, and Ishmael, [lent by] Constantine Alexander Ionides, Esq., [...] Panel, 15 by 20½ in..

Rembrandt. Schilderijen bijeengebracht ter gelegenheid van de inhuldiging van Hare Majesteit Koningin Wilhelmina, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 8 September 1898–November 1898, cat. no.  46.

Exhibition of Works by Rembrandt. Winter exhibition, thirteenth year, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2 January 1899–11 March 1899, cat. no.  49, p. 19, as [Rembrandt], Abraham Dismissing Hagar and Ishmael, [lent by] Constantine A. Ionides, Esq., [...] Signed and dated, “Rembrandt f. 1640.” Panel, 15 by 20½ in..

Rembrandt & Co, Dealing in Masterpieces, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, 7 June 2006–3 September 2006, without cat. no. 

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AnonymousUnknown author, Victoria & Albert Museum, as Workshop of Rembrandt, Abraham dismissing Hagar and Ishmael, 1640.