Probably painted for Charles I (1600-1649), King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Whitehall Palace, London, circa 1637-1639;
His estate sale held by Parliament, London, St. James"s Palace, 9 May 1650;
Where acquired by Remigius van Leemput (1607-1675), for £15.10s;
Charles II (1630-1685), Kind of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Whitehall Palace, London (1666 inv. no. 290, "Sr Anthony Vandyke, Sr Anthony Vandyke in an ovall");
Thence by inheritance to James II (1633-1701), King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (according to Vertue, "Sir Anthony Vandyck"s picture done by himself");
Thence by inheritance to William III (1650-1702), King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Prince of Orange, Whitehall Palace, in the passage between the Closet and the Green Room, and taken to Paleis Het Loo, Appeldoorn, by 1702, mentioned in 1712 (inv. no. 11, "Antonie van Deyk, sijn Portrait, dog maer gemeen") and 1713 (inv. no. 894, "Het pourtrait van van Dijk door hem selfs");
Sold by the Dutch government through Jan van Beuningen, Amsterdam, Pieter Raket, 13 May 1716, lot 33 ("Van Dyck-Zyn Eygen Pourtrait, rond, door eyge hand," for 28 florins);
Certainly Colonel George Tomline (1813-1889), Orwell Park, Suffolk, by 1854;
Thence by inheritance to George Pretyman (1895-1979);
By whom sold, London, Christie"s, 28 July 1933, lot 27 ("Sir A. Vandyck, Portrait of the Artist, In black jacket slashed with white, white lawn collar and black cloak, in a painted oval");
Where acquired by Samuel Hartveld Galleries, Antwerp and New York;
Standish Backus, Sr., (1875-1943), New York;
Thence by inheritance to his wife, Lotta Estelle Backus (1884-1996);
By whose estate sold, New York, Parke-Bernet, 17 December 1969, lot 7 (as After Van Dyck);
Where acquired by J. Green;
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming;
By whom sold, New York, Sotheby"s, 8 June 1988, lot 50 (as Manner of Sir Anthony Van Dyck, "Portrait of a Man");
Where acquired by a private collector;
By whom anonymously sold, New York, Christie"s, 6 June 2006, lot 40 (as After Van Dyck);
Art market, London;
Where acquired by the present owner.