25 May 1811: purchased by Philips at the sale of the collection of William Young Ottley at Christie, London, lot no. 90, for 189 guineas (as ‘Bathsheba.Though deficient in beauty, the Head of Bathsheba is not wanting in expression; she is just informed of the passion of David, and her countenance is clouded with the melancholy forebodings of its fatal consequences. For effect and colouring the merit of this picture, which is one of the Artist's most studied works, is superlative.’)
4 March 1837: purchased by Peacock, London, at the sale of the collection of William Young Ottley , lot no. 92, for 105 guineas (as ‘Bathsheba seated upon some white drapery, a rich dress lying by her side - an attendant is drying her foot; a wonderfull specimen of the power of this great master. A picture of the first consequence.’)
Comte Joseph Maison (Nicolas-Joseph Maison (1771-1840)?), Paris

16 March 1843–17 March 1843: purchased by Auguste Casimir-Perier (1811-1876) or Paul Casimir-Perier at the sale of the collection of Paul-Casimir Périer at C.P.: Bonnefons, Paris, lot no. 35, for FRF 6,350 (as ‘Susanne au bain. Toile, haut. 1 m. 42 cent., larg. 1 m. 40 cent. (cabinet de M. le comte Maison) (cabinet de M. P. Perier)’)
1848: purchased by Dr. Louis La Caze (1798-1869), Paris, from Auguste or Paul Casimir-Perier

Rembrandt. Étude photographique et radiographique, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1955–1956, cat. no.  15.
Rembrandt Tentoonstelling. Ter herdenking van de geboorte van Rembrandt op 15 juli 1606, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 18 May 1956–5 August 1956, OCLC 15659340, cat. no.  65.
Rembrandt 1669/1969, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 13 September 1969–30 November 1969, cat. no.  13.
Le siècle de Rembrandt, tableaux hollandais des collections publiques françaises, Musée du Petit Palais, Paris, 17 November 1970–15 February 1971, Cat.no. 178.
Rembrandt, The master and his workshop, Altes Museum, Berlin, 12 September 1991–10 November 1991, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 4 December 1991–1 March 1992, National Gallery, London, 26 March 1992–24 May 1992, Cat.no. 39.
Rembrandt-Caravaggio, 24 February 2006–18 June 2006, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Cat.no. 36.

Signature and date bottom left:

Base Atlas. as Bethsabée au bain tenant la lettre de David.
Base Joconde, as BETHSABEE AU BAIN.
RKDimages, Art-work number 50801, as Bathsheba with letter of king David