NEW YORK (ANP) - Bij Sotheby's in New York is woensdag een krijttekening van Rembrandt voor 15 miljoen dollar (12,7 miljoen euro) geveild. Het is de schets 'Rustende jonge leeuw', die Rembrandt maakte tussen 1638 en 1642. De tekening stond in de veilingcatalogus voor tussen de 15 en 20 miljoen dollar (13 en 17 miljoen euro).

De verkoper, de New Yorkse miljardair en kunstverzamelaar Thomas Kaplan, gaat de opbrengst gebruiken voor Panthera. Dat is een organisatie voor het behoud van veertig soorten wilde katten en hun leefgebieden, die Kaplan in 2006 heeft opgericht.

De afgelopen drie maanden was de tekening te zien op kijkdagen bij Sotheby's in Parijs, New York, Londen, Abu Dhabi, Hongkong en Saudi-Arabië. De tekening van het leeuwtje maakte deel uit van The Leiden Collection, Kaplans verzameling van vooral Nederlandse en Vlaamse schilders uit de zeventiende eeuw.

Commons committee chair says DWP repeatedly failed to prioritise the vulnerable and was slow to fix errors

The government’s most senior welfare official has been accused of presiding over a “culture of complacency” that led to thousands of unpaid carers inadvertently running up huge benefit debts.

Debbie Abrahams, the chair of the work and pensions select committee, said the Department for Work and Pensions had repeatedly failed to prioritise vulnerable people, was unwilling to learn from its mistakes, and slow to fix errors.

The American has earned the trust of Luciano Spalletti in Italy, but his role with the USMNT remains an open question

Juventus have tried to get rid of Weston McKennie. They even succeeded once, sending him on loan to Leeds United only for the American to return six months later. When he got back to Turin, as US coach Gregg Berhalter told the story at the time, Juve had emptied his locker and given away his parking spot. Despite this, McKennie stuck around.

It’s just as well for the Old Lady that he did – McKennie is now in the form of his life. The 27-year-old has scored four times in just eight games since the start of 2026. He has become one of Juve’s most important players and arguably the biggest driving force behind their recent upturn in form. Luciano Spalletti – among the most big-name coaches currently working in Italian football – has used McKennie to mould the team in his own image.

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