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The most expensive Millais ever sold

The most expensive Millais ever sold is Sisters: $3.48 million at Christie's London in 2013. Famous works such as Ophelia and Christ in the House of His Parents are in public collections, so they are not for sale and have no price.

Lived
1829–1896
From
English
Movement
Pre-Raphaelite
Worked in
London
Portrait of John Everett Millais
Millais's record$3.48MSisters · 2013

Millais's famous works and their prices

  • Ophelia by John Everett MillaisOphelia1852 · Tate Britain, LondonNot for sale
  • Christ in the House of His Parents by John Everett MillaisChrist in the House of His Parents1850 · Tate Britain, LondonNot for sale

“Not for sale” means a public collection holds the work. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.

Millais next to other artists

Each artist's highest documented sale, from the same research.

  1. Velázquez$17MSaint Rufina · 2007
  2. Goya$16.4MPortraits of Doña María Vicenta Barruso Valdés and Doña Leonora Antonia Valdés de Barruso · 2023
  3. El Greco$14MSaint Dominic in Prayer · 2013
  4. Delacroix$9.88MTigre jouant avec une tortue · 2018
  5. Corot$9.01MVenise, vue du Quai des Esclavons · 2018
  6. Waterhouse$9MSt Cecilia · 2000
  7. Cassatt$7.49MYoung Lady in a Loge Gazing to Right · 2022
  8. David$7.21MPortrait of Ramel de Nogaret · 2008
  9. Millais$3.48MSisters · 2013

Bars are to scale within this list. Source for Millais's record: theartwolf.com.

About John Everett Millais

English painter and one of the seven founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, formed in London in 1848 alongside Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt. A prodigy who entered the Royal Academy Schools at eleven, he painted with a sharp-focus naturalism that made "Christ in the House of His Parents" notorious in 1850 and "Ophelia", finished in 1852, one of the best-known British paintings. From the mid-1850s he left that manner for a broader, faster style and a highly profitable career in portraits and popular subjects. He was created a baronet in 1885 and elected President of the Royal Academy in 1896, months before his death.

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Questions

What is the most expensive Millais ever sold?

Sisters, which sold for $3.48 million at Christie's London in 2013. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.

How much is a Millais painting worth?

It depends on the work. The highest documented sale is $3.48 million for Sisters. Works in public collections are not for sale.

Where can I see Millais's paintings?

Among the works here: the Tate Britain, London.

Who was John Everett Millais?

John Everett Millais (1829–1896). English painter and one of the seven founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, formed in London in 1848 alongside Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt. A prodigy who entered the Royal Academy Schools at eleven, he painted with a sharp-focus naturalism that made "Christ in the House of His Parents" notorious in 1850 and "Ophelia", finished in 1852, one of the best-known British paintings. From the mid-1850s he left that manner for a broader, faster style and a highly profitable career in portraits and popular subjects. He was created a baronet in 1885 and elected President of the Royal Academy in 1896, months before his death.

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