Schelfhout saved from the fire

In 1865, the Museum Boymans, then located in the Gemeenschapshuis Schieland of Rotterdam, was hit by a fire, in which hundreds of masterpieces were lost.
On the ground floor the Rotterdam Art Academy was located, of which all its plaster models were lost. There were a few brave locals who, with police and firefighters ventured inside, and were able to save 180 paintings. Here a beach scene by Andreas Schelfhout. Perhaps it is this small painting (27 x 40 cm), which is for sale at Bonhams, London, as the papers specifically noted the rescue of such a scene by the then very famous painter.