Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden 1600-1670 Haarlem), View of Rhenen, Signed and dated 1660. Oil on canvas, 72.4 by 107,3 cm, €70.000-90.000. Provenance the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Sale: Old Master Paintings, 8 May 2007. © Sotheby’s Amsterdam

AMSTERDAM.- The sale of Old Master Paintings at Sotheby’s Amsterdam on Tuesday 8 May 2007 offers a variety of landscapes, still-lifes, portraits, biblical and genre scenes. Of special interest are and a group of paintings from the J.Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, a recently discovered masterpiece by Jan Lievens and works by Bakhuizen, De Momper and Van Leen. Lire la suite http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=19537

Willem van Leen, Still Life with flowers in a Stone Vase in a Niche (detail). Signed and dated 1801. Oil on canvas with rounded top, 207,5 by 86,8 cm. Estimate €40.000-60.000. Sale: Old Master Paintings, 8 May 2007. © Sotheby’s