Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci

This abstract expressionist masterpiece was sold privately for a reported $300 million in 2015.

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One version of this iconic painting was sold to the Royal Family of Qatar for a price estimated at over $250 million in 2011.

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Nafea Faa Ipoipo by Paul Gauguin

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No. 6 (Violet, Green, and Red) by Mark Rothko

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Women of Algiers (Version O) by Pablo Picasso

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Nu couché by Amedeo Modigliani

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Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II by Gustav Klimt

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Three Studies of Lucian Freud by Francis Bacon

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Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci

This painting, depicting Jesus Christ, became the most expensive painting ever sold when it was auctioned for $450.3 million in 2017.

This abstract expressionist masterpiece was sold privately for a reported $300 million in 2015.

Interchange by Willem de Kooning

One version of this iconic painting was sold to the Royal Family of Qatar for a price estimated at over $250 million in 2011.

The Card Players by Paul Cézanne

Nafea Faa Ipoipo by Paul Gauguin

This vibrant masterpiece was sold privately for close to $210 million in 2015.

No. 6 (Violet, Green, and Red) by Mark Rothko

This abstract work was sold for around $186 million in a private sale in 2014.

Women of Algiers (Version O) by Pablo Picasso

This masterpiece by Picasso fetched nearly $180 million in 2015 at auction.

Nu couché by Amedeo Modigliani

This sensuous painting sold for $170.4 million in 2015.

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II by Gustav Klimt

This iconic work was sold for $150 million in 2016.

Three Studies of Lucian Freud by Francis Bacon

This triptych was sold for $142.4 million in 2013, becoming one of the most expensive artworks ever sold at auction at that time.