The Grand Canal at the Church of San Stae, Venice by Bernardo Bellotto (estimate: $8,000,000-12,000,000). CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD.2007

NEW YORK.- Christie’s New York annual Important Old Master Paintings sale takes place on April 19 and is expected to realize in excess of $50 million with a broad selection of Spanish, Italian, English and Dutch masterworks. This is the second year in which the Important Old Master Paintings sale is to be held in April, a change that has brought more balance to the international sales calendar for Old Masters and appreciation from collectors.
Led by two Venetian views by Bernardo Bellotto and Canaletto, the sale includes an iconic El Greco masterpiece, a striking Madonna and Child by Cima da Conegliano, the intriguing Rice Portrait of Jane Austen, a tempestuous J.M.W. Turner mythological scene and over 40 restituted pictures from collection of Jacques Goudstikker. Lire la suite http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=19847