Art ScannerThe most expensive El Greco ever sold
The most expensive El Greco ever sold is Saint Dominic in Prayer: $14 million at Sotheby's London in 2013. Famous works such as The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, View of Toledo and The Disrobing of Christ are in public collections, so they are not for sale and have no price.
- Lived
- 1541–1614
- From
- Greek
- Movement
- Mannerism
- Worked in
- Toledo · Venice · Rome
El Greco's famous works and their prices
The Burial of the Count of Orgaz1588 · Church of Santo Tomé, ToledoNot for sale
View of Toledo1599 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkNot for sale
The Disrobing of Christ1579 · Sacristy of Toledo CathedralNot for sale
“Not for sale” means a public collection holds the work. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.
El Greco next to other artists
Each artist's highest documented sale, from the same research.
Bars are to scale within this list. Source for El Greco's record: theartwolf.com.
About El Greco
Born on Crete and trained as an icon painter, he moved to Venice around 1567 and to Rome in 1570 before settling in Spain. From 1577 he worked in Toledo, where he developed the elongated figures, cold acid colour and compressed space that make his religious paintings instantly identifiable. Contemporaries found the manner eccentric and it attracted few followers, so his reputation faded for nearly three centuries. Rediscovered in the late 1800s, he is now read as a forerunner of Expressionism and Cubism, and he signed his pictures in Greek to the end of his life.
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Questions
What is the most expensive El Greco ever sold?
Saint Dominic in Prayer, which sold for $14 million at Sotheby's London in 2013. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.
How much is a El Greco painting worth?
It depends on the work. The highest documented sale is $14 million for Saint Dominic in Prayer. Works in public collections are not for sale.
Where can I see El Greco's paintings?
Among the works here: the Church of Santo Tomé, Toledo, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Sacristy of Toledo Cathedral.
Who was El Greco?
El Greco (1541–1614). Born on Crete and trained as an icon painter, he moved to Venice around 1567 and to Rome in 1570 before settling in Spain. From 1577 he worked in Toledo, where he developed the elongated figures, cold acid colour and compressed space that make his religious paintings instantly identifiable. Contemporaries found the manner eccentric and it attracted few followers, so his reputation faded for nearly three centuries. Rediscovered in the late 1800s, he is now read as a forerunner of Expressionism and Cubism, and he signed his pictures in Greek to the end of his life.
Other artists
- Leonardo da Vinci $450.3 million
- Gustav Klimt $236.4 million
- Rembrandt van Rijn $198.9 million
- Georges Seurat $149.2 million
- Paul Cézanne $137.8 million
- Edvard Munch $119.9 million
- Vincent van Gogh $117.2 million
- Claude Monet $110.7 million
- Paul Gauguin $105.7 million
- Sandro Botticelli $92.2 million
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir $78.1 million
- Peter Paul Rubens $76.7 million
- Édouard Manet $65.1 million
- Gustave Caillebotte $53 million
- Raphael $47.9 million
- J. M. W. Turner $47.4 million
- Henri Rousseau $43.5 million
- Edgar Degas $41.6 million
- John Constable $35.2 million
- Camille Pissarro $32.1 million
- Johannes Vermeer $30.1 million
- Michelangelo $27.2 million
- John Singer Sargent $23.5 million
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec $22.4 million
- Diego Velázquez $17 million
- Francisco Goya $16.4 million
- Eugène Delacroix $9.88 million
- Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot $9.01 million
- John William Waterhouse $9 million
- Mary Cassatt $7.49 million
- Jacques-Louis David $7.21 million
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