List of most expensive paintings

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Salvator Mundi attributed to Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci (Template:C. 1500)

This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings. The record payment for a work is approximately US $450.3 million (which includes commission) for the work Salvator Mundi (Template:Circa) generally considered to be by Leonardo da Vinci, though this is disputed. The painting was sold in November 2017,[1][2] through the auction house Christie's in New York City.

Background

The most famous paintings, especially old master works created before 1803, are generally owned or held by museums for viewing by patrons. Since museums rarely sell them, they are considered priceless. Guinness World Records lists Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa as having the highest insurance value for a painting. On permanent display at the Louvre in Paris, the Mona Lisa was assessed at US$100 million on 14 December 1962.[3] Taking only inflation into account, the 1962 value would be around US$Template:Inflation billion in Template:Inflation-year.Template:Inflation-fn

The earliest sale on the list below (Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh) is from March 1987; with a price of £24.75 million (£Template:Inflation million in Template:Inflation-year currency). This sale tripled the previous record, and introduced a new era in top art sales. Before this, the highest absolute price paid for a painting was £8.1 million (£Template:Inflation million in Template:Inflation-year currency) paid by the J. Paul Getty Museum for Andrea Mantegna's Adoration of the Magi at Christie's in London on 18 April 1985.[4] The sale of Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers was the first time a "modern" (in this case 1888) painting became the record holder. Old master paintings had previously dominated the market.[3] In contrast, there are currently only nine pre-1875 paintings among the listed top 89, and none created between 1635 and 1874.Template:Fact

An exceptional case is graffiti artist David Choe, who accepted payment in shares for painting graffiti art in the headquarters of a fledgling Facebook. His shares were of limited value when he was given them, but by the time of Facebook's IPO they were valued at around $200 million.[5]

File:Red vineyards.jpg
The Red Vineyard (1888), the only painting the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh sold during his lifetime. It was sold for roughly US$2,000 (today's value).

The list is incomplete with respect to sales between private parties, as these are not always reported and, even if they are, details like the purchase price may remain secret. For example, on June 25, 2019, the American hedge fund manager J. Tomilson Hill bought a recently rediscovered Judith and Holofernes (1607) attributed to Caravaggio, two days before it would have been auctioned in Toulouse.[6] Though the Louvre Museum had turned down the opportunity to purchase it for €100 million,[7] the painting was estimated to sell for $110 to $170 million.[8] The actual purchase price was not disclosed, because of a confidentiality agreement attached to the private sale.[6] Another example is a 2019 sale of The Seated Zouave by Vincent van Gogh. According to some sources, the painting had been sold by Argentine art collector Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier for $300 million,[9] but the price was not confirmed by any of the parties involved.[10]

Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, and Andy Warhol are the best-represented artists in the list. Whereas Picasso and Warhol became wealthy men, van Gogh is known to have sold only one painting in his lifetime, The Red Vineyard, for Template:Currency (approximately $2,000 in 2018 dollars) in 1890, to the Belgian impressionist painter and heiress Anna Boch.[11][12]

Georgia O'Keeffe holds the record for the highest price paid for a painting by a woman. On November 20, 2014 at Sotheby's, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art bought her 1932 painting Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 for US $44.4 million (equivalent to US$Template:Inflation million in Template:Inflation-year).[13][14]

Among the listed top paintings listed, only seven are by non-Western artists. Five are traditional Chinese paintings by Qi Baishi, Wu Bin, Wang Meng and Xu Yang. In particular, Qi Baishi's Twelve Landscape Screens was sold for $140.8 million in 2017. The only non-Western modern artwork listed is that of the Chinese-French painter Zao Wouki's oil painting Juin-Octobre 1985, which was sold for $65 million in 2018.[15] Also included in this list is Chinese painter Wang Shaofei's The High Sun, which was sold at an estimated price of $74 million in 2017.[16][17]

List of highest prices paid

Template:Clear This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in Template:Inflation-year.[note 1] Where necessary, the price is first converted to dollars using the exchange rate at the time the painting was sold. The inflation adjustment may change as recent inflation rates are often revised. A list in another currency may be in a slightly different order due to exchange-rate fluctuations. Paintings are listed only once, i.e., for the highest price sold.

Adjusted
(million
USD)
Original
(million
USD)
Name Image Artist Year Date of sale Rank
at sale
Seller Buyer Auction house
$Template:Inflation $450.3 Salvator Mundi Error creating thumbnail: Template:Sort
(attribution disputed)
Template:Circa Template:Dts 1 Dmitry Rybolovlev Badr bin Abdullah Al SaudTemplate:Refn Christie's, New York[18]
data-sort-value="$Template:Inflation"|~$Template:Inflation ~$300 Interchange File:Photo of Interchanged by Willem de Kooning.jpg Template:Sort 1955 Template:Dts 1 David Geffen Foundation Kenneth C. Griffin Private sale[19]
$Template:Inflation + $250 +[note 2] The Card Players File:Paul Cézanne 222.jpg Template:Sort 1892/93 Template:Dts 1 George Embiricos State of Qatar Private sale[20][21][22]
$Template:Inflation $210[23] Nafea Faa Ipoipo
(When Will You Marry?)
File:Paul Gauguin, Nafea Faa Ipoipo? (When Will You Marry?) 1892, oil on canvas, 101 x 77 cm.jpg Template:Sort 1892 Template:Dts 2 Rudolf Staechelin heirs State of Qatar Private sale[24]
data-sort-value="$Template:Inflation"|~$Template:Inflation ~$200 Number 17A Template:Sort 1948 Template:Dts 4 David Geffen Foundation Kenneth C. Griffin Private sale[19]
$Template:Inflation $183.8 Wasserschlangen II File:Klimt - Wasserschlangen II (Freundinnen) - 1904.jpeg Template:Sort 1904–1907 Template:Dts 2 Yves Bouvier Dmitry Rybolovlev Private saleTemplate:Refn
$Template:Inflation $186
(€140)
No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) Template:Sort 1951 Template:Dts 3 Cherise Moueix Dmitry Rybolovlev Private sale via
Yves Bouvier[25]
$Template:Inflation $180
(€160 million)
Pendant portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit File:Pendant portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit.jpeg Template:Sort 1634 Template:Dts[26] 7 Éric de Rothschild Rijksmuseum
and Louvre
Private sale
[27]
$Template:Inflation $179.4 Les Femmes d'Alger
("Version O")
Template:Sort 1955 Template:Dts 5 Private collection Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al ThaniTemplate:Cn Christie's, New York[28]
$Template:Inflation $236.3 Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer File:Gustav Klimt Porträt der Baroness Elisabeth Bachofen-Echt.jpg Template:Sort 1914-1916 Template:Dts 10 Estate of Leonard Lauder Sotheby's, New York
$Template:Inflation $198
(€175)
The Standard Bearer File:Rembrandt - De vaandeldrager (Q21467444).jpeg Template:Sort 1636 Template:Dts 10 Rothschild family Rijksmuseum Private sale[29][30]
$Template:Inflation $170.4 Nu couché File:Modigliani - Nu couché.jpg Template:Sort 1917/18 Template:Dts 9 Laura Mattioli Rossi Liu Yiqian[31] Christie's, New York[32]
$Template:Inflation $140 No. 5, 1948 Template:Sort 1948 Template:Dts 1 David Geffen David Martinez Private sale via Sotheby's[33]
$Template:Inflation $137.5 Woman III Template:Sort 1953 Template:Dts 2 David Geffen Steven A. Cohen Private sale via Larry Gagosian[34]
$Template:Inflation $165.0 Masterpiece Template:Sort 1962 Template:Dts 12 Agnes Gund[35][36] Steven A. Cohen[37] Private sale
$Template:Inflation $135 Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I File:Gustav Klimt, 1907, Adele Bloch-Bauer I, Neue Galerie New York.jpg Template:Sort 1907 Template:Dts 1 Maria Altmann Ronald Lauder, Neue Galerie Private sale via Christie's[38]
$Template:Inflation $195 Shot Sage Blue Marilyn Template:Sort 1964 Template:Dts 11 Thomas and Doris Ammann Larry Gagosian Christie's, New York[39]
$Template:Inflation $155 Le Rêve Template:Sort 1932 Template:Dts 6 Steve Wynn Steven A. Cohen Private sale[40]
$Template:Inflation $82.5 Portrait of Dr. Gachet File:Portrait of Dr. Gachet.jpg Template:Sort 1890 Template:Dts 1 Siegfried Kramarsky heirs Ryoei SaitoTemplate:Refn[41] Christie's, New York
$Template:Inflation $157.2 Nu couché (sur le côté gauche) File:Amedeo Modigliani 014.jpg Template:Sort 1917 Template:Dts Ezra and David Nahmad Sotheby's, New York[42]
$Template:Inflation $150 Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II
File:Gustav Klimt 047.jpg
Template:Sort 1912 Template:Dts 10 Oprah Winfrey[note 3] Unidentified buyer in China Private sale via Larry Gagosian[43]
$Template:Inflation $142.4 Three Studies of Lucian Freud Template:Sort 1969 Template:Dts 8 Template:Refn Elaine Wynn, ex-wife of Steve Wynn[44] Christie's, New York[45]
$Template:Inflation $78.1 Bal du moulin de la Galette
[note 4]
File:Renoir, Pierre-Auguste - Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, 1876.jpg Template:Sort 1876 Template:Dts 2 Betsey Whitney Ryoei SaitoTemplate:Refn Sotheby's, New York
$Template:Inflation $140.8
(¥931.5)
Twelve Landscape Screens File:Twelve Landscape Screens by Qi Baishi.jpg Qi Baishi 1925 Template:Dts Beijing Poly Auction[46]
$Template:Inflation $104.2 Garçon à la pipe File:Garçon à la pipe.jpg Template:Sort 1905 Template:Dts 3 Greentree Foundation
(Whitney family)
Guido Barilla (suspected)[47] Sotheby's, New York[48]
$Template:Inflation $149.2 Les Poseuses, Ensemble (Petite version) File:Georges Seurat 047.jpg Georges Seurat 1888 Template:Dts 1 Paul G. Allen Christie's, New York
$Template:Inflation $119.9 The Scream[note 5] File:The Scream Pastel.jpg Template:Sort 1895 Template:Dts 8 Petter Olsen Leon Black[49] Sotheby's, New York
$Template:Inflation $120 Otahi File:Paul Gauguin 093.jpg Template:Sort 1893 Template:Dts 10 Yves Bouvier Dmitry Rybolovlev Private saleTemplate:Refn
$Template:Inflation $118 Reclining Nude With Blue Cushion File:Amedeo Modigliani Nu Couché au coussin Bleu.jpg Template:Sort 1916 Template:Dts 8 Steven A. Cohen Dmitry Rybolovlev Private sale via Yves Bouvier[25]
$Template:Inflation $137.7 La Montagne Sainte-Victoire File:Montagne Sainte-Victoire, par Paul Cézanne 114.jpg Paul Cezanne 1888-1890 Template:Dts 2 Paul G. Allen Christie's, New York
$Template:Inflation $110.0 Template:Interlanguage link[note 6] Template:Sort 1958 Template:Dts 7 Jean-Christophe Castelli Steven A. Cohen Private sale, estimated price[50]
$Template:Inflation $106.5 Nude, Green Leaves and Bust Template:Sort 1932 Template:Dts 9 Frances Lasker Brody estate Leonard Blavatnik (suspected)[51][52] Christie's, New York[53]
$Template:Inflation $58 plus
exchange of
works[note 7]
Portrait of Joseph Roulin File:Vincent van Gogh - Portrait of Joseph Roulin.jpg Template:Sort 1889 Template:Dts 1 Private collection, Zürich Museum of Modern Art New York Private sale via
Thomas Ammann,
Fine Art Zurich[54]
$Template:Inflation $107.5 L’Homme assis au verre Template:Sort 1914 Template:Dts Yves BouvierTemplate:Refn Dmitry Rybolovlev Private sale via
Yves Bouvier[55][56]
$Template:Inflation $53.9 Irises File:Irises-Vincent van Gogh.jpg Template:Sort 1889 Template:Dts 1 John Whitney Payson, son of Joan Whitney Payson Alan Bond[note 8] Sotheby's, New York
$Template:Inflation $95.2 Dora Maar au Chat Template:Sort 1941 Template:Dts 6 Gidwitz family Boris Ivanishvili[57] Sotheby's, New York[58]
$Template:Inflation $100.0 Eight Elvises Template:Sort 1963 Template:Dts 10 Annibale Berlingieri The State of Qatar (suspected)[59][60] Private sale via Philippe Ségalot[61]
$Template:Inflation $115 Young Girl with a Flower Basket
File:Pablo Picasso, 1905, Fillette nue au panier de fleurs (Le panier fleuri), oil on canvas, 155 x 66 cm, private collection, New York.jpg
Template:Sort 1905 Template:Dts David and Peggy Rockefeller The Nahmad family[62] Christie's, New York[63]
$Template:Inflation $139.3 Femme à la montre Pablo Picasso 1932 Template:Dts Emily Fisher Landau's estate Anonymous buyer Sotheby's, New York[64]
$Template:Inflation + $105.7 +[note 9]
(¥10,300)
Anna's Light Template:Sort 1968 Template:Dts DIC Corp. Private sale[65][66]
$Template:Inflation $105.4 Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) Template:Sort 1963 Template:Dts Sotheby's, New York[67]
$Template:Inflation $110.5 Untitled Template:Sort 1982 Template:Dts Emily and Jerry Spiegel[68] Yusaku Maezawa[69] Sotheby's, New York[70]
$Template:Inflation $71.5 Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe File:Vincent Willem van Gogh 102.jpg Template:Sort 1889 Template:Dts 5 Template:Interlanguage link multi heirs Christie's, New York
$Template:Inflation $110.7 Meules File:Claude Monet - Meules (W 1273).jpg Template:Sort 1890 Template:Dts Hasso Plattner[71] Sotheby's, New York[72]
$Template:Inflation $117.1 Verger avec cyprès File:Van Gogh - Blühender Obstgarten mit Pfirsichbäumen.jpeg Vincent van Gogh 1888 Template:Dts 3 Paul G. Allen Christie's, New York
$Template:Inflation $100 La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue du bosquet du Château Noir File:Sainte-Victoire.jpg Template:Sort 1904 Template:Dts[note 10] Edsel and Eleanor Ford House State of Qatar[73] Private sale[74][75]
$Template:Inflation $76.7
(£49.5)
Massacre of the Innocents File:0 Le Massacre des Innocents d'après P.P. Rubens - Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique (2).JPG Template:Sort 1611 Template:Dts 6 an Austrian family Kenneth ThomsonTemplate:Refn Sotheby's, London
$Template:Inflation $95.4 Nurse Template:Sort 1964 Template:Dts Christie's, New York[32]
$Template:Inflation $86.3 Triptych, 1976 Template:Sort 1976 Template:Dts Jean-Pierre Moueix heirs[76] Roman Abramovich[77] Sotheby's, New York[78]
$Template:Inflation $49.3
(F300)
Les Noces de Pierrette File:Lesnoces.JPG Template:Sort 1905 Template:Dts 3 Template:Interlanguage link multi[79] Tomonori Tsurumaki Binoche et Godeau Paris
$Template:Inflation $80.0 Template:Interlanguage link Template:Sort 1959 Template:Dts 11 David Geffen Kenneth C. Griffin Private sale via Richard Gray[80]
$Template:Inflation $85
(€54)
Te Fare File:Te Fare (La maison) Paul Gauguin 1892.jpg Template:Sort 1892 Template:Dts Yves Bouvier Dmitry Rybolovlev Private saleTemplate:Refn
$Template:Inflation $57 A Wheatfield with Cypresses File:Vincent van Gogh - Wheat Field with Cypresses (National Gallery version).jpg Template:Sort 1889 Template:Dts 6 Emil Georg Bührle's son Walter H. Annenberg[note 11] Private sale via Steven Mazoh
$Template:Inflation $100 Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump Template:Sort 1982 2020 Peter Brant[81] Ken Griffin[82] Private sale[81]
$Template:Inflation $105.7 Maternitè II File:Paul gauguin maternit233 ii100257).jpg Paul Gauguin 1899 Template:Dts 4 Paul G. Allen Christie's, New York
$Template:Inflation $47.8 Yo, Picasso File:Yo, Picasso.jpg Template:Sort 1901 Template:Dts 2 Wendell Cherry Stavros Niarchos Sotheby's, New York
$Template:Inflation $104.5 Birch Forest File:Gustav Klimt, Birch Forest, 1903 - Paul G. Allen Collection.jpg Template:Sort 1903 Template:Dts 5 Paul G. Allen Christie's, New York
$Template:Inflation $80.0 Turquoise Marilyn Template:Sort 1964 Template:Dts Stefan Edlis Steven A. Cohen Private sale via Larry Gagosian[83]
$Template:Inflation $121.2 The Empire of Light René Magritte 1954 Template:Dts 1 Mica Ertegun Christie's, New York
$Template:Inflation $103.4 Femme assise près d’une fenêtre (Marie-Thérèse) Pablo Picasso 1932 Template:Dts Christie's, New York[84]
$Template:Inflation $70.0 Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos with a Page File:Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian) - Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marquis of Vasto, in Armor with a Page - Google Art Project.jpg Titian 1533 Template:Dts 10 Axa insurance company Getty Museum Private sale via
Hervé Aaron[85][86]
$Template:Inflation $86.9 Orange, Red, Yellow Template:Sort 1961 Template:Dts David Pincus estate Christie's, New York[87]
$Template:Inflation $80.5
(£40.9)
Le Bassin aux Nymphéas File:Le bassin aux nymphéas - Claude Monet.jpg Template:Sort 1919 Template:Dts J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Andrey Melnichenko[88] Christie's, London[89]
$Template:Inflation $91.9 Chop Suey Template:Sort 1929 Template:Dts Barney A. Ebsworth estate Christie's, New York[90]
$Template:Inflation $60.5 Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier File:Paulcezanneart.jpg Template:Sort 1894 Template:Dts 9 Whitney FamilyTemplate:Refn Sotheby's, New York
$Template:Inflation $90.3 Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) Template:Sort 1972 Template:Dts Pierre Chen Christie's, New York[91]
$Template:Inflation $108.4

(£85.3)

Lady with a Fan File:Gustav Klimt - Dame mit Fächer.jpeg Template:Sort 1917-8 Template:Dts Patti Wong, on behalf of a Hong Kong buyer[92] Sotheby's, London[93]
$Template:Inflation $84.2 Black Fire I Template:Sort 1961 Template:Dts Private Collection Anonymous Christie's, New York[94]
$Template:Inflation $72.8 White Center (Yellow, Pink
and Lavender on Rose)
Template:Sort 1950 Template:Dts David Rockefeller, Sr. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani[95] Sotheby's, New York[96]
$Template:Inflation $39.7
(£24.75)
Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers File:Van Gogh Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers.jpg Template:Sort 1889 Template:Dts 1 Helen Beatty,
daughter-in-law of
Chester Beatty
Yasuo Goto, Yasuda Comp./Sompo Holdings[97] Christie's, London
$Template:Inflation $88.8 Buffalo II Template:Sort 1964 Template:Dts Robert and Beatrice Mayer Estate[98] Alice Walton[99] Christie's, New York[98]
$Template:Inflation $81.9 Triple Elvis Template:Sort 1963 Template:Dts Template:Interlanguage link multi[100] Christie's, New York[101]
$Template:Inflation $71.7 Green Car Crash
(Green Burning Car I)
Template:Sort 1963 Template:Dts Private collection, Zürich Philip Niarchos Christie's, New York[102]
$Template:Inflation $81.9 No. 10 Template:Sort 1958 Template:Dts Christie's, New York[103][104]
$Template:Inflation $93.1 In This Case Template:Sort 1983 Template:Dts Giancarlo Giammetti Private collector Christie's, New York[105]
$Template:Inflation $85.8 Suprematist Composition File:Suprematist Composition - Kazimir Malevich.jpg Template:Sort 1916 Template:Dts The Nahmad family Anonymous Christie's, New YorkTemplate:Refn
$Template:Inflation $80.8 Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards Template:Sort 1984 Template:Dts Private Collection Anonymous Christie's, New York.[94]
$Template:Inflation $92.2 Portrait of a Young Man holding a Roundel File:Botticelli - Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel.jpg Sandro Botticelli Template:Circa Template:Dts Sheldon Solow estate Russian private collector Sotheby's, New York[106]
$Template:Inflation $81.4 Meule File:Monet Grainstack in the Sunlight 1891.jpg Template:Sort 1891 Template:Dts Christie's, New York[107]
$Template:Inflation $84.7 Nymphéas en fleur File:Claude Monet - Nympheas en fleur.jpg Template:Sort 1914–1917 Template:Dts David and Peggy Rockefeller Xin Li-Cohen[108] Christie's, New York[109]
data-sort-value=$Template:Inflation|~$Template:Inflation ~$75
(€50–60)[note 12]
Darmstadt Madonna File:Darmstadtmadonna.jpg Template:Sort 1526 Template:Dts Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse Reinhold Würth Private sale via
Christoph Graf Douglas[110]
$Template:Inflation $81.3 Laboureur dans un champ File:Van Gogh - Acker mit pflügenden Bauern.jpeg Template:Sort 1889 Template:Dts Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass estate Christie's, New York[111]
$Template:Inflation $84.55 Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus Template:Sort 1981 Template:Dts Hans Rasmus Astrup Sotheby's, New York[112]
$Template:Inflation $70.6
(£50)
Diana and Actaeon

File:Titian - Diana and Actaeon - 1556-1559.jpg

Titian 1556–1559 Template:Dts Duke of Sutherland National Galleries of Scotland
& National Gallery, London
Private sale[113][114][115]
$Template:Inflation $40.7 Au Lapin Agile File:Pablo Picasso, 1905, Au Lapin Agile (At the Lapin Agile), oil on canvas, 99.1 x 100.3 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg Template:Sort 1904 Template:Dts 5 Linda de Roulet, daughter of Joan Whitney Payson Walter H. Annenberg Sotheby's, New York
$Template:Inflation $68 The Gross Clinic File:Thomas Eakins, American - Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic) - Google Art Project.jpg Template:Sort 1875 Template:Dts Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Museum of Art Private sale[116]
$Template:Inflation $75.1 No 1 (Royal Red and Blue) Template:Sort 1954 Template:Dts John and Anne Marion Sotheby's, New York[117]
$Template:Inflation $38.5
(£20.9)
Acrobate et jeune arlequin (Acrobat and Young Harlequin)
[note 13]
Template:Sort 1905 Template:Dts 3 Roger Janssen heirs?
[note 14]
Mitsukoshi Christie's, London
$Template:Inflation $80.8 Odalisque couchée aux magnolias Template:Sort 1923 Template:Dts David and Peggy Rockefeller Xin Li-Cohen[108] Christie's, New York[118]
$Template:Inflation $55.0 Femme aux Bras Croisés File:Pablo Picasso, 1901-02, Femme aux Bras Croisés, Woman with Folded Arms (Madchenbildnis), oil on canvas, 81 × 58 cm (32 × 23 in).jpg Template:Sort 1902 Template:Dts Chauncey McCormick heirs Christie's, New York[119]
$Template:Inflation $69.0 Nude Sitting on a Divan
File:Amedeo Modigliani 063.jpg
Template:Sort 1917 Template:Dts Halit Cıngıllıoglu[120] Sotheby's, New York[121]
$Template:Inflation $63.5 Police Gazette[122] Template:Sort 1955 Template:Dts David Geffen Steven A. Cohen Private sale via Richard Gray.[80]
$Template:Inflation $85 Untitled Template:Sort 1982 Template:Dts Yusaku Maezawa Taiwanese collector Philips, New York[123]
$Template:Inflation $71.7
(£45)
Diana and Callisto File:TitianDianaCallistoEdinburgh.jpg Titian 1556–1559 Template:Dts Duke of Sutherland National Galleries of Scotland
& National Gallery, London
Private sale[124]
$Template:Inflation $74 The High Sun Wang Shaofei 2007 Template:Dts Legal entity of a prominent Japanese collector family Anonymous (private collection represented by an international institution) Private sale [17]
$Template:Inflation $70.5 Untitled (New York City) Template:Sort 1968 Template:Dts Sydney M. Irmas heirs Christie's, New York[125]
$Template:Inflation $77
(¥512.9)
Template:Interlanguage link[126] File:十面灵璧图卷 前正面局部.jpg Wu Bin 1610 Template:Dts William Bernard Ziff Jr. heirs Beijing Poly Auction
$Template:Inflation $49.5 Femme assise dans un jardin Template:Sort 1938 Template:Dts Robert SaidenbergTemplate:Refn[127] Sotheby's, New York
$Template:Inflation $70.2
(£42.2)
Portrait of George Dyer Talking Template:Sort 1966 Template:Dts Christie's, London[128][129]
$Template:Inflation $47.5 Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat File:Vincent Willem van Gogh 097.jpg Template:Sort 1890 Template:Dts 11 Steve WynnTemplate:Refn Private sale via
Acquavella Galleries Inc.,
New York[130]
$Template:Inflation $69.6 Template:Interlanguage link Template:Sort 1970 Template:Dts Nicola del Roscio[100] Christie's, New York[131]
$Template:Inflation $69.6 Four Marlons Template:Sort 1966 Template:Dts WestSpiel[100] Christie's, New York[132]
$Template:Inflation $79.45 The Empire of Lights Template:Sort 1961 Template:Dts Anne-Marie Crowet Gillon heirs Sotheby's, London[133]
$Template:Inflation $65.5
(¥425.5)
Eagle Standing on Pine Tree[134] File:Qi Baishi Eagle.jpg Qi Baishi 1946 Template:Dts Liu Yiqian Hunan TV & Broadcast
Intermediary Co[135]
China Guardian Auctions
$Template:Inflation $63.4 Men in Her Life Template:Sort 1962 Template:Dts Jose Mugrabi Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani[136] Phillips de Pury & Company[137]
$Template:Inflation $70.1 Contraste de formes File:Contraste de formes, 1913 - Fernand Léger.jpg Template:Sort 1913 Template:Dts Template:Illm and Stephen Kellen Foundation Christie's, New York[138]
$Template:Inflation $67.45 La Gommeuse
File:Pablo Picasso - La Gommeuse.jpg
Template:Sort 1901 Template:Dts William I. Koch Sotheby's, New York.[139][140]
$Template:Inflation $67.4 Buste de femme
(Femme à la résille)
Template:Sort 1938 Template:Dts Steve Wynn Joseph Lau[141] Christie's, New York[28]
$Template:Inflation $35.2 Portrait of a Halberdier File:Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) (Italian, Florentine) - Portrait of a Halberdier (Francesco Guardi?) - Google Art Project.jpg Pontormo 1537 Template:Dts 5 Chauncey Stillman Getty Museum Christie's, New York
$Template:Inflation $66.3 L’Allée des Alyscamps File:Van Gogh - Les Alyscamps, Allee in Arles1.jpeg Template:Sort 1888 Template:Dts Sotheby's, New York[142]
$Template:Inflation $66.2 Untitled Template:Sort 1952 Template:Dts Private Collection Anonymous Christie's, New York[94]
$Template:Inflation $66.3 Untitled XXV Template:Sort 1977 Template:Dts Christie's, New York[143]
$Template:Inflation $62.1
(¥402.5)
Zhichuan Resettlement[144]
File:ZhichuanResettlement.jpg
Wang Meng 1350 Template:Dts Beijing Poly Auction
$Template:Inflation $69.2 Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter) Template:Sort 1937 Template:Dts Private collection Harry Smith Sotheby's, London[145][146]
$Template:Inflation $65.1 Spring File:Édouard Manet - Jeanne (Spring).jpg Template:Sort 1881 Template:Dts Oliver Hazard Payne heirs[147] Getty Museum Christie's, New York[148]
$Template:Inflation $68.9 Woman as Landscape Template:Sort 1955 Template:Dts Barney A. Ebsworth estate Christie's, New York[90]
$Template:Inflation $61.7 Template:Illm Template:Sort 1949 Template:Dts City and County of Denver Sotheby's, New York[149]
$86.0 $86.0 Template:Illm File:Gustav Klimt - Blumenwiese (ca. 1908).jpg Template:Sort Template:Circa Template:Dts Estate of Leonard Lauder Sotheby's, New York[150][151]
$Template:Inflation $82.5 No. 7 Mark Rothko 1951 Template:Dts Private Collection Laurence Escalante Private sale
$Template:Inflation $71.4 Cabanes de bois parmi les oliviers et cyprès File:Vincent van Gogh - Cabanes de bois parmi les oliviers et cyprés (F 623).jpg Template:Sort 1889 Template:Dts Edwin L. Cox Christie's, New York[152]
$Template:Inflation $70.35 Le Bassin Aux Nymphéas (1917-19) File:Water-Lily Pond Monet.jpg Claude Monet 1917-1919 Template:Dts Private Collection, New York, United States Sotheby's, New York[153]
$Template:Inflation $65.23
(HK$510.371)
Juin-Octobre 1985 Zao Wou-Ki 1985 Template:Dts Chang Qiu Dun[154] Sotheby's, Hong Kong[15]
$Template:Inflation $13.5 Conan (Man Ape) Template:Sort 1967 Template:Dts Anonymous Heritage Auctions[155]

Progression of highest prices paid

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Price Painting Image Artist Year Date of sale Seller Buyer Auction house
$0.03 million Magdalen in the Desert File:Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Dresden) Galeriewerk Lücke 012.jpg Template:Sort Template:Dts Augustus III of Poland Private sale[156]
$0.04 million (110,000 French francs) Sistine Madonna File:RAFAEL - Madonna Sixtina (Gemäldegalerie Alter Meister, Dresde, 1513-14. Óleo sobre lienzo, 265 x 196 cm).jpg Template:Sort Template:Circa 1513–1514 Template:Dts Piacenza Augustus III of Poland Private sale[156]
$0.08 million (£16,000) Adoration of the Mystic Lamb File:Lamgods open.jpg Template:Sort 1432 Template:Dts Edward Solly Frederick William III of Prussia Private sale[156]
$0.12 million (615,300 French francs) The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables File:Murillo immaculate conception.jpg Template:Sort Template:Circa 1678 Template:Dts Jean-de-Dieu Soult Louvre, Paris Paris[156][157]
$0.35 million (£70,000) Ansidei Madonna File:PalaAnsidei.jpg Template:Sort 1505–1507 Template:Dts George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough National Gallery, London Private sale[156][158]
$0.5 million Colonna Altarpiece File:Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints.jpg Template:Sort Template:Circa 1503-1505 Template:Dts Charles Sedelmeyer J. P. Morgan Private sale[156]
$0.51 million Portrait of Elena Grimaldi Cattaneo File:Marchesa Elena Grimaldi c1623 Anthony van Dyck.jpg Template:Sort Template:Circa 1623 Template:Dts Knoedler Peter Arrell Browne Widener Private sale[156]
$0.51 million The Mill File:DeMolenRembrandt.jpg Template:Sort 1645/48 Template:Dts Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne Peter Arrell Browne Widener Private sale[156]
$0.6 million Small Cowper Madonna File:Raffaello Madonna Cowper.jpg Template:Sort Template:Circa 1504–1505 Template:Dts Joseph Joel Duveen Peter Arrell Browne Widener Private sale[156]
$1.6 million Benois Madonna File:Leonardo, Madonna Benois.JPG Template:Sort Template:Circa 1478–1480 Template:Dts Benois family Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia Private sale[156]
$2 million Study of a Young Woman File:Vermeer-Portrait of a Young Woman.jpg Template:Sort c. 1665-1667 Template:Dts Prince d'Arenberg Charles Wrightsman Private sale[156]
$2.3 million Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer File:Rembrandt - Aristotle with a Bust of Homer - WGA19232.jpg Template:Sort 1653 Template:Dts Estate of Mrs Alfred Erickson Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City Parke-Bernet, New York[156][159]
$5-$6 million Ginevra de' Benci File:Leonardo da Vinci - Ginevra de' Benci - Google Art Project.jpg Template:Sort Template:Circa Template:Dts Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Private sale[156]
$5.5 million (£2.3 million) Portrait of Juan de Pareja File:Retrato de Juan Pareja, by Diego Velázquez.jpg Template:Sort Template:Circa Template:Dts Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City Christie's, London[160][156]
$6.4 million Juliet and her Nurse Template:Sort 1836 Template:Dts Trustees of Whitney Museum María Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat[161] Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York[3][162]
$10.0 million (£7.47 million) Seascape: Folkestone Template:Sort Template:Circa Template:Dts Estate of Kenneth Clark Unknown Sotheby's, London[163][164][165]
$10.5 million Adoration of the Magi File:Andrea Mantegna - Trittico - Google Art Project.jpg Template:Sort 1462 Template:Dts Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton J. Paul Getty Museum Christie's, New York[4]
$39.7 million
(£24.75 million)
Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers File:Van Gogh Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers.jpg Template:Sort 1889 Template:Dts Helen Beatty,
daughter-in-law of
Chester Beatty
Yasuo Goto, Yasuda Comp./Sompo Holdings[97] Christie's, London
$53.9 million Irises File:Irises-Vincent van Gogh.jpg Template:Sort 1889 Template:Dts John Whitney Payson, son of Joan Whitney Payson Alan Bond Sotheby's, New York
$58 million plus
exchange of
works[note 15]
Portrait of Joseph Roulin File:Vincent van Gogh - Portrait of Joseph Roulin.jpg Template:Sort 1889 Template:Dts Private collection, Zürich Museum of Modern Art New York Private sale via
Thomas Ammann,
Fine Art Zurich[54]
$82.5 million Portrait of Dr. Gachet File:Portrait of Dr. Gachet.jpg Template:Sort 1890 Template:Dts Siegfried Kramarsky heirs Ryoei Saito[166][167][41] Christie's, New York
$104.2 million Garçon à la pipe File:Garçon à la pipe.jpg Template:Sort 1905 Template:Dts Greentree Foundation
(Whitney family)
Guido Barilla (suspected)[47] Sotheby's, New York[48]
$135 million Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I File:Gustav Klimt, 1907, Adele Bloch-Bauer I, Neue Galerie New York.jpg Template:Sort 1907 Template:Dts Maria Altmann Ronald Lauder, Neue Galerie Private sale via Christie's[38]
$140 million No. 5, 1948 Template:Sort 1948 Template:Dts David Geffen David Martinez Private sale via Sotheby's[33]
$250 million+[note 16] The Card Players File:Paul Cézanne 222.jpg Template:Sort 1892/93 Template:Dts George Embiricos State of Qatar Private sale[21]
~$300 million Interchange File:Photo of Interchanged by Willem de Kooning.jpg Template:Sort 1955 Template:Dts David Geffen Foundation Kenneth C. Griffin Private sale[19]
$450.3 million Salvator Mundi Error creating thumbnail: Template:Sort Template:Circa Template:Dts Dmitry Rybolovlev Badr bin Abdullah Al Saud[168] Christie's, New York[18]

See also

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Notes

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