Works made before 1800

115 works in the Collection made before 1800, highest price first.

Highest price in this room: $450.3 million, Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci.

No. 2013
Salvator Mundi
Leonardo da Vinci, c.1500
Sold for $450.3 million
Christie’s · New York 2017
No. 2033
Portrait of a Young Man holding a Roundel
Sandro Botticelli, c.1480
Sold for $92.2 million
Sotheby’s · New York 2021
No. 1924
The Massacre of the Innocents
Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1609–11
Sold for $76.6 million
Sotheby's · London 2002
No. 2043
Zhichuan Resettlement
Wang Meng, 1350
Sold for $62.1 million
Poly Auction · Beijing 2011
No. 2051
Wood and Rock
Su Shi, c.1071–1101
Sold for $59.5 million
Christie’s · 2018
No. 1729
Venice, a view of the Rialto Bridge, looking north, from the Fondamenta del Carbon
Francesco Guardi, c.1780s
Sold for $42.7 million
Sotheby’s · London 2011
No. 1965
Five Drunken Princes Returning on Horseback
Ren Renfa, Yuan
Sold for $39.6 million
Sotheby’s · Hong Kong 2020
No. 1805
Portrait of a Halberdier
Jacopo Pontormo, c.1529-30
Sold for $35.2 million
Christie’s · New York 1989
No. 1910
Danaë
Orazio Gentileschi, c.1621-23
Sold for $30.5 million
Sotheby's · New York 2016
No. 1843
Le Melon entamé (The Cut Melon)
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, c. 1760
Sold for $29 million
Christie’s · Paris 2024
No. 1855
Portrait of François-Henri, 5th duc d'Harcourt, half-length and looking over his shoulder to his left
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1780
Sold for $27.9 million
Bonhams · London 2013
No. 2072
Salome presented with the head of Saint John the Baptist
Peter Paul Rubens, c.1609
Sold for $26.9 million
Sotheby’s · 2023
No. 1844
Le Panier de fraises des bois (The Basket of Wild Strawberries)
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, c. 1761
Sold for $26.8 million
Artcurial · Paris 2022
No. 11
Christ Mocked
Cimabue, c. 1280
Sold for about $26.8 million
Actéon · Senlis 2019
No. 2074
Portrait of a Man as Mars
Peter Paul Rubens, c.1620
Sold for $26.2 million
Sotheby’s · 2023
No. 1830
La Surprise
Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1718
Sold for $24.4 million
Christie's · London 2008
No. 03 · Watch the Reel
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), c. 1508–10
Sold for $22.2 million
Christie’s · London 2024
No. 1951
Self Portrait, half-length, wearing a ruff and a black hat
Rembrandt van Rijn, c.1632
Sold for $18.8 million
Sotheby’s · London 2020
No. 1952
Young Lion Resting
Rembrandt van Rijn, c.1638-42
Sold for $17.9 million
Sotheby's · New York 2026
No. 1715
Saint Rufina
Diego Velázquez, c. 1629-32
Sold for $17 million
Sotheby’s · London 2007
No. 1730
Venice, the Bacino di San Marco with the Piazzetta and the Doge's Palace
Francesco Guardi, c.1780s
Sold for $16.9 million
Christie’s · London 2014
No. 1749
Brood Mares and Foals
George Stubbs, c. 1763
Sold for $16 million
Sotheby’s · London 2010
No. 1717
Saint John the Evangelist
Domenichino, c.1627-29
Sold for $15.2 million
Christie's · London 2009
No. 1982
Portrait of Omai
Sir Joshua Reynolds, c. 1776
Sold for $14.6 million
Sotheby's · London 2001
No. 1693
View of Verona with the Ponte delle Navi
Bernardo Bellotto, c.1745-47
Sold for $14.6 million
Christie’s · London 2021
No. 1954
The Adoration of the Kings
Rembrandt van Rijn, c.1628
Sold for $13.7 million
Sotheby’s · London 2023
No. 2102
A Commander Being Armed for Battle
Peter Paul Rubens, c.1612–1614
Sold for $13.7 million
Christie’s · 2010
No. 2106
A Man in a Gorget and Cap
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1626–1627
Sold for $13.2 million
Christie’s · 2012
No. 1976
The Madonna and Child enthroned
Sandro Botticelli, 1480s-90s
Sold for $12.6 million
Sotheby’s · London 2024
No. 1885
Head of a bear
Leonardo da Vinci, c.1480s
Sold for $12.2 million
Christie’s · London 2021
No. 1958
Study of the head and clasped hands of a young man as Christ in prayer
Rembrandt van Rijn, c.1650
Sold for $12.1 million
Sotheby’s · London 2018
No. 1701
Venice, the Grand Canal, looking south-east from San Stae to the Fabbriche Nuove di Rialto
Canaletto, c.1738
Sold for $11.8 million
Christie’s · New York 2022
No. 1666
Study for the Triumph of Alexandria (The Standard Bearers and the Siege Equipment)
Andrea Mantegna, c.1485-1500
Sold for $11.7 million
Sotheby’s · New York 2020
No. 1942
Susanna and the Elders
Pompeo Batoni, 18th c.
Sold for $11.4 million
Sotheby’s · New York 2013
No. 1866
The Garden at Hampton House, with Mr and Mrs David Garrick taking tea; and The Shakespeare Temple at Hampton House (pair)
Johan Zoffany, 1762
Sold for $10.6 million
Sotheby’s · London 2011
No. 1989
Portrait of Mrs William Villebois (Miss Read)
Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1775-77
Sold for $10.5 million
Christie’s · London 2011
No. 2130
Double portrait of a husband and wife, half-length, seated at a table, playing tables
Jan Sanders van Hemessen, 1532
Sold for $10 million
Christie’s · 2019
No. 1874
An Academy by Lamplight
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1769
Sold for $9.7 million
Sotheby’s · London 2017
No. 2133
The Road to Calvary
Pieter Brueghel the Younger, 1607
Sold for $9.4 million
Christie’s · 2014
No. 1722
Saint Francis and Brother Leo in Meditation
El Greco, c. 1600s
Sold for $9.2 million
Christie’s · London 2017
No. 1825
The Prayer before the Meal
Jan Steen, 1660
Sold for $9.1 million
Sotheby’s · London 2012
No. 1818
Still life of roses, tulips, lilies, poppies, honeysuckle, a sunflower, an iris, and other flowers in a glass vase with two birds, a grasshopper, and a snail
Jan Davidsz. de Heem, c.1674
Sold for $8.8 million
Sotheby’s · New York 2025
No. 1785
A panoramic winter landscape with a multitude of figures on a frozen river
Hendrick Avercamp, c.1610
Sold for $8.6 million
Sotheby’s · London 2014
No. 1935
The Four Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter
Pieter Brueghel the Younger, c.1620s
Sold for $8.4 million
Christie’s · London 2016
No. 1983
Portrait of Lady Frances Marsham, later Countess of Romney
Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1755-95
Sold for $8.2 million
Christie’s · London 2014
No. 1671
Portraits of Jacob de Witte and Maria Nutius (pendants)
Anthony van Dyck, c.1630s
Sold for $8.2 million
Sotheby’s · London 2021
No. 1739
Boy, possibly Frans Hals II, playing the violin; Girl, possibly Sara Hals, singing
Frans Hals, c.1625-30
Sold for $8 million
Sotheby’s · New York 2025
No. 1826
An elegant company in an interior with figures playing cards at a table
Jan Steen, c.1660s
Sold for $7.6 million
Sotheby’s · London 2011
No. 2146
A banquet still life
Jan Davidsz. de Heem, c.1641
Sold for $7.5 million
Christie’s · 2020
No. 1743
View of Olinda, Brazil, with the Ruins of the Jesuit Church
Frans Post, 1666
Sold for $7.4 million
Sotheby’s · New York 2025
No. 1673
Two studies of bearded men
Anthony van Dyck, early 1620s
Sold for $7.3 million
Sotheby’s · New York 2010
No. 1725
Portrait of Muhammad Dervish Khan, full-length, holding his sword in a landscape
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1788
Sold for $7.2 million
Sotheby’s · New York 2019
No. 2149
Portrait of a Venetian Nobleman
Peter Paul Rubens, c.1608–1609
Sold for $7.2 million
Sotheby’s · 2018
No. 1757
A young woman holding a hare with a boy at a window
Gerrit Dou, c.1650s
Sold for $7.1 million
Christie’s · London 2023
No. 1695
Dresden, a view of the moat of the Zwinger
Bernardo Bellotto, c.1750s
Sold for $7 million
Sotheby’s · London 2020
No. 1814
The Edge of a Village with Figures Dancing on the Bank of a River and a Fish-Seller, with a Self-Portrait of the Artist
Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1616
Sold for $6.9 million
Sotheby’s · London 2008
No. 1746
Portrait of Edward Wortley Montagu (1713-1776)
George Romney, c. 1775
Sold for $6.9 million
Sotheby’s · London 2014
No. 1905
The Agony in the Garden (oil on copper)
Nicolas Poussin, c. 1627
Sold for $6.7 million
Sotheby’s · New York 1999
No. 1689
The Sacrifice of Isaac
Bartolomeo Cavarozzi, c.1617
Sold for $6.3 million
Sotheby’s · London 2014
No. 1896
Still Life with a Cauliflower, a Basket with Eggs, Leeks, and Fish, and Assorted Kitchen Utensils
Luis Meléndez, c. 1760s
Sold for $6.3 million
Sotheby’s · New York 2025

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