Art ScannerThe most expensive Goya ever sold
The most expensive Goya ever sold is Portraits of Doña María Vicenta Barruso Valdés and Doña Leonora Antonia Valdés de Barruso: $16.4 million at Christie's New York in 2023. Famous works such as The Third of May 1808, Saturn Devouring His Son and La maja desnuda are in public collections, so they are not for sale and have no price.
- Lived
- 1746–1828
- From
- Spanish
- Movement
- Romanticism
- Worked in
- Madrid · Zaragoza · Bordeaux
Goya's famous works and their prices
The Third of May 18081814 · Museo del Prado, MadridNot for sale
Saturn Devouring His Son1823 · Museo del Prado, MadridNot for sale
La maja desnuda1800 · Museo del Prado, MadridNot for sale
La maja vestida1805 · Museo del Prado, MadridNot for sale
Charles IV of Spain and His Family1801 · Museo del Prado, MadridNot for sale
Witches' Sabbath1823 · Museo del Prado, MadridNot for sale
“Not for sale” means a public collection holds the work. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.
Goya next to other artists
Each artist's highest documented sale, from the same research.
Bars are to scale within this list. Source for Goya's record: fundaciongoyaenaragon.es.
About Francisco Goya
Spanish painter and printmaker who rose to the top of the royal household in Madrid and portrayed the Bourbon court without flattery, as in "Charles IV of Spain and His Family". An undiagnosed illness in the winter of 1792 to 1793 left him permanently deaf, and his work turned towards war, superstition and cruelty, above all in "The Third of May 1808", painted in 1814, and the print series "The Disasters of War", which was not published until 1863. Between 1819 and 1823 he covered the walls of his house outside Madrid with the Black Paintings, including "Saturn Devouring His Son", with no intention of exhibiting them. He left Spain for Bordeaux in 1824 and died there in 1828, and is often described as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns.
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Questions
What is the most expensive Goya ever sold?
Portraits of Doña María Vicenta Barruso Valdés and Doña Leonora Antonia Valdés de Barruso, which sold for $16.4 million at Christie's New York in 2023. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.
How much is a Goya painting worth?
It depends on the work. The highest documented sale is $16.4 million for Portraits of Doña María Vicenta Barruso Valdés and Doña Leonora Antonia Valdés de Barruso. Works in public collections are not for sale.
Where can I see Goya's paintings?
Among the works here: the Museo del Prado, Madrid.
Who was Francisco Goya?
Francisco Goya (1746–1828). Spanish painter and printmaker who rose to the top of the royal household in Madrid and portrayed the Bourbon court without flattery, as in "Charles IV of Spain and His Family". An undiagnosed illness in the winter of 1792 to 1793 left him permanently deaf, and his work turned towards war, superstition and cruelty, above all in "The Third of May 1808", painted in 1814, and the print series "The Disasters of War", which was not published until 1863. Between 1819 and 1823 he covered the walls of his house outside Madrid with the Black Paintings, including "Saturn Devouring His Son", with no intention of exhibiting them. He left Spain for Bordeaux in 1824 and died there in 1828, and is often described as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns.
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- Vincent van Gogh $117.2 million
- Claude Monet $110.7 million
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