1835 : acheté par William Esdaile (1758-1837), Clapham, aujourd’hui Londres

17 juin 1840 : acquis par Tiffin à la vente de la collection Esdaile chez Christie's, lot numéro 16 (comme ‘A Woman in bed, musing’)

7 juin 1860 : acquis par Roupell à la vente de la collection Lawrence chez Samuel Woodburn, lot numéro 769 (comme ‘Rembrandt, Van Rhyn - A female model, on a couch - broad bistre pen’) (?)

The Lawrence Gallery. Second Exhibition. A Catalogue of one hundred Original Drawings by Sir Ant. Vandyke and Rembrandt van Ryn, collected by Sir Thomas Lawrence, late President of the Royal Academy, [Royal Academy og Arts], Londres, 1835, non catalogue.

Winter Exhibition of Drawings by the Old Masters, and Water-Colour Drawings by Artists of the British School, 1878-79,Grosvenor Gallery, Londres, 1878–1879, cat. nº 323, comme Study of a Woman, lying in bed. Pen sketch, in bistre. Lent by John Malcolm, Esq..

Guide to an Exhibition of Drawings and Sketches by the Old Masters, principally from the Malcolm Collection, and of Engravings of the Early German and Italian Schools, British Museum, Londres, 1894, cat. nº 377 (b), p. 74, comme ‘Study of a woman ill in bed. Pen and bistre. [...] resembles in feeling both drawn and etched [works] by Rembrandt from his wife Saskia during her illness: but it appears to represent a different person’.

Guide to an exhibition of drawings and etchings by Rembrandt and etchings by other masters in the British Museum, British Museum, Londres, 1899, cat. nº A26.

Rembrandt and his succession. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum, London, 1956 to commemorate the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Rembrandt, British Museum, Londres, 1956–1957, cat. nº 10, p. 19.

Drawings by Rembrandt and his circle in the British Museum, British Museum, Londres, 26 mars 1992–4 août 1992, ISBN 9780714116402, cat. nº 19.