Most Expensive Artworks

World-renowned artworks with sky-high prices

Salvator Mundi

$450 Million

By Leonardo da Vinci, sold at Christies in 2017, remains the most expensive painting ever.

$300 Million

Abstract expressionist work by Willem de Kooning sold privately in 2015.

$279 Million

Paul Gauguin's painting 'When Will You Marry?' sold privately in 2015.

$265 Million

Jackson Pollock abstract drip painting sold in 2016.

$250 Million

Series of paintings by Paul Cezanne; one version sold to a royal collector.

$248.1 Million

Gustav Klimt landscape sold in 2013; shimmering Art Nouveau style.

$247 Million

Mark Rothko color field painting auctioned in 2014.

$239 Million

Pair of Rembrandt marriage portraits held jointly by Louvre and Rijksmuseum.

$237.9 Million

Pablo Picasso's vivid reinterpretation of Delacroix's work sold in 2015.

$229.8 Million

Rembrandt's portrait painted in 1636; fetched record auction price in 2021.