MAASTRICHT—The European Fine Art Fair in the Dutch city of Maastricht ended on March 16 after a 10-day run, and the fair’s organizers pronounced themselves satisfied with the sales and attendance. The total number of visitors reached 73,245, up just over 3 percent from last year.

In the Old Masters category, the traditional Maastricht mainstay, "The Sacrifice of Iphigenia" (1625–79) by Jan Steen, once owned by Sir Joshua Reynolds, was sold by Dickinson of London, priced around €8 million ($12.5 million). Some called it the finest painting in the fair. London dealer Johnny Van Haeften sold an oil on copper by Jan Brueghel the Elder, "Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld" (1598).

Local dealer Noortman Master Paintings sold a Manet, "Bateau de pêche arrivant vente arrière," with an asking price of €1.3 million ($2 million). New York and Zurich dealer Hauser & Wirth sold a Joan Mitchell for $4 million, a de Kooning for $5 million, and a "Small Silicone Pinocchio" by Paul McCarthy for $350,000. Royal-Athena Galleries of New York sold a Greek bronze helmet and a Hellenistic silver urn (both 4th–3rd century B.C.) to artist Cy Twombly, and London’s Littleton & Hennessy Asian Art sold an Imperial red lacquer box (5th century) for €1.4 million ($2.1 million).

One much-viewed work that had not been sold by fair’s end was "L’Enfant à l’orange" (1890), painted by van Gogh during the last month of his life. On the market for the first time since 1916, it was being offered by Dickinson at more than $30 million.