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Top 5 Most Expensive Paintings In The World
The history of art is long and extraordinary, ranging from classic to contemporary. The world knows many of the great masters such as Van Gogh and Picasso. The works of the greats continue to come up for auction every few years and set new records each time.
Guinness World Records lists da Vinci’s Mona Lisa as having the highest ever insurance value for a painting. On permanent display at the Louvre in Paris, the Mona Lisa was assessed at $100 million on December 14, 1962. Taking inflation into account, the 1962 value would be 10 times that. Salvator Mundi, a painting by Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci dated to c. 1500, was sold at auction for $450.3 million on 15 November 2017 by Christie’s in New York to Prince Badr bin Abdullah, setting a new record for most expensive painting ever sold at public auction.
Today 5factum brings the top 5 most expensive paintings in the world.
1. SALVATOR MUNDI, ATTRIBUTED TO LEONARDO DA VINCI — $450,300,000
Salvator Mundi or Saviour of the World was supposedly painted by Leonardo da Vinci…
