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Descent from the Cross by Hugo van der Goes, estimated at $3m-5m at Sotheby's New York.

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But plenty of other works are on offer by major names in the Old Masters field.

They include Sir Anthony van Dyck, Guido Reni, Ambrosius Bosschaert and the Northern Renaissance artist Hugo van der Goes (c.1440-82) who is represented by this Descent from the Cross.

The 21 x 15in (53 x 38cm) work, in distemper on fine canvas, was painted by der Goes c.1480 and was originally the left side of a small diptych, the right-hand part of which is in the Gemӓldegalerie in Berlin. Formerly in the Landry collection, from where it was acquired by a New York private collection in 1951, it carries an estimate of $3m-5m.

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