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List of most expensive paintings. Salvator Mundi by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci ( c. 1500) This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings. The record is approximately US$ 450.3 million (which includes commission ), paid for Leonardo da Vinci 's Salvator Mundi ( c. 1500 ). The painting was sold in November 2017, [1] [2 ...
The highest known price paid for an artwork by a living artist was for Jasper Johns's 1958 painting Flag. Its 2010 private sale price was estimated to be about US$110 million ($154 million in 2023 dollars). All-time This is a list of highest prices ever paid—at auction or private sale—for an artwork by an artist living at time of sale. Adjusted price (in millions of USD) Original price (in ...
St Anthony of Padua with Two Saints. Saint Anthony Preaching to the Fish. Saint Anthony with the Christ Child (Murillo) San Francesco Altarpiece. San Lorenzo Triptych. Santuario del Noce.
Edgar Leeteg. Edgar William Leeteg (April 13, 1904 East St. Louis, Illinois [1] – February 7, 1953 Papeete, Tahiti) [2] was an American painter often considered the father of American velvet painting. He immigrated to French Polynesia in 1933, where he spent the rest of his life painting the local life on black velvet.
Louvre, Paris. The Mona Lisa ( / ˌmoʊnə ˈliːsə / MOH-nə LEE-sə; Italian: Gioconda [dʒoˈkonda] or Monna Lisa [ˈmɔnna ˈliːza]; French: Joconde [ʒɔkɔ̃d]) is a half-length portrait painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, [4] [5] it has been described as "the ...
S H Raza (born 22 February 1922 - 23 July 2016) was a famous Indian artist who lived and worked in France since 1950, but maintained strong ties with India. His works were mainly abstracts in oil or acrylic, with a very rich use of color. Raza became India's most expensive modern artist on 10 June 2010, when the painting titled Saurashtra sold ...
Location. Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain. Guernica ( Spanish: [ɡeɾˈnika]; Basque: [ɡernika]) is a large 1937 oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. [1] [2] It is one of his best-known works, regarded by many art critics as the most moving and powerful anti-war painting in history. [3] It is exhibited in the Museo Reina Sofía in ...
The Sistine Madonna, also called the Madonna di San Sisto, is a oil painting by the Italian artist Raphael. The painting was commissioned in 1512 by Pope Julius II for the church of San Sisto, Piacenza, and probably executed c. 1513–1514. The canvas was one of the last Madonnas painted by Raphael. Giorgio Vasari called it "a truly rare and ...