NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s will offer old master and 19th century paintings from the extraordinary private collection of J. E. Safra in a single-owner evening sale on 26 January 2011 in New York. The auction offers a wide range of styles and genres including Dutch, Italian and French pictures, and is highlighted by significant works from Luca Carlevarijs, Giovanni Paolo Panini and Jacopo Amigoni. The evening sale will open for exhibition on 22 January.“This group of paintings was acquired by Mr. Safra for his personal collection between 1988 and 2001,” said George Wachter, Co-Chairman of Sotheby’s Old Master Paintings Department Worldwide. “From a fabulous Venetian scene by Luca Carlevarijs, to architectural views by Hubert Robert and Giovanni Paolo Panini, to mythological masterpieces by Jacopo Amigoni and Jan Miel, the scale and scope of the works on offer are representative of the collection as a who