Serious doubts grow over Old Masters sold by Giulano Ruffini

In the latest development in a growing scandal over several Old Master paintings, the authenticity of which are in serious doubt, Sotheby's New York provided new details on the rescinding of a 2011 sale to a US collector of a portrait sold in good faith as a Frans Hals. The auction house confirmed it reimbursed the buyer in full after discovering the painting was a forgery, which was first reported by our sister paper, the Journal des Arts, on 30 September.The painting was sold in 201