Category: Old Masters

Willem de Kooning (Netherlands/America, 1904-1997) Interchange oil on canvas 200.7 x 175.3 cm. (79 x 69 in.) Painted in 1955 A founding father of the Abstract Expressionist movement, Willem de Kooning, along with painters like Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Franz Klein, permanently changed the history of modern art, relocating its centre from Paris to ...

An iconic Andy Warhol silkscreen of the movie star Marilyn Monroe sold for USD 195,000,000 at Christie’s New York, 9 May 2022, a record price for a work by a US artist and the highest price ever paid for a piece of 20th-century art. Shot Sage Blue Marilyn (1964) is being sold by the Thomas ...

Claude Monet (France, 1840-1926) Soleil Levant (Sunrise) oil on canvas 48 x 63 cm. (18.9 x 24.8 in.) painted in 1872 Collection of Marmottan Museum of Monet, Paris, France

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (France, 1841-1919) Bal du moulin de la Galette (Dance at Le moulin de la Galette) oil on canvas 131 × 175 cm. (52 × 69 in.) painted in 1876 Collection of Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890) Terrasse du café le soir (Café Terrace at Night) oil on canvas 80.7 x 65.3 cm. (31.8 x 25.7 in.) painted in 1888 Collection of Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

Leonardo da Vinci (Italy, 1452–1519) Salvator Mundi oil on panel 65.7 x 45.7 cm. (25 7/8 x 18 in.) Painted circa 1500. Price Realised USD 450,312,500 at Christie’s New York, 15 November 2017 Detail of Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi

Diego Velázquez (Spain, baptised 1599 - 1660) Las Meninas (The Ladies in waiting) oil on canvas 318 x 276 cm. (125.2 x 108.7 in.) painted in 1656 Collection of Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain

Sandro Botticelli (Italy, c. 1445 - 1510) Nascita di Venere (The Birth of Venus) tempera on canvas 172.5 x 278.9 cm. (67.9 x 109.6 in.) painted circa 1484 - 1486 Collection of Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

Jan Vermeer (Dutch, 1632-1675) Girl with a Pearl Earring oil on canvas 44.5 x 39 cm. (17.5 x 15 in.) painted circa 1665 Collection of Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands

Gustav Klimt (Austria, 1862-1918) Der Kuss (The Kiss) oil and gold leaf on canvas 180 x 180 cm. (71 x 71 in.) painted around 1907-1908 Collection of Österreichische Galerie Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria