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How much is the Mona Lisa worth?

The Mona Lisa has no market price: it is held by the Musée du Louvre, Paris, and it is not for sale. The best-known figure is its insurance valuation of $100 million in 1962. The closest guide is Leonardo's highest documented sale: $450.3 million for Salvator Mundi, at Christie's New York in 2017.

Artist
Leonardo da Vinci
Date
c. 1503–1519
Medium
Oil on poplar panel
Held by
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503–1519
Insured value$100M1962

About the painting

A portrait widely believed to depict Lisa Gherardini, wife of a Florentine merchant. Leonardo's mastery of sfumato — the soft, smoke-like blending of tones — gives the sitter her famously elusive expression. Held in the Louvre, it is the most visited painting in the world.

More on the artist: the most expensive Leonardo ever sold, and where the famous ones hang.

Leonardo next to other famous artists

Each artist's highest documented sale, from the same research. Leonardo: $450.3 million for Salvator Mundi, in 2017.

  1. Leonardo$450MSalvator Mundi · 2017
  2. Klimt$236MPortrait of Elisabeth Lederer · 2025
  3. Rembrandt$199MThe Standard Bearer · 2022
  4. Seurat$149MLes Poseuses, Ensemble · 2022
  5. Cézanne$138MLa Montagne Sainte-Victoire · 2022
  6. Munch$120MThe Scream · 2012
  7. Van Gogh$117MVerger avec cyprès (Orchard with Cypresses) · 2022
  8. Monet$111MMeules (Haystacks) · 2019
  9. Gauguin$106MMaternité II · 2022

Nominal US dollars as reported at the time of sale, buyer's premium included where the source includes it.

Why it has no price

The Mona Lisa is held by the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Works in public collections are not sold, so no one can put a market price on them. Sale records of other works by the same artist are the closest guide to what it would fetch.

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The Mona Lisa in Art Scanner: insured value $100M, Musée du Louvre, 1962

Questions

How much is the Mona Lisa worth?

The Mona Lisa has no market price: it is held by the Musée du Louvre, Paris, and it is not for sale. The best-known figure is its insurance valuation of $100 million in 1962. The closest guide is Leonardo's highest documented sale: $450.3 million for Salvator Mundi, at Christie's New York in 2017.

Is the Mona Lisa for sale?

No. It is held by the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Works in public collections are not sold, so they have no market price.

What is Leonardo's most expensive work?

Salvator Mundi, which sold for $450.3 million at Christie's New York in 2017. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.

Where is the Mona Lisa?

The Mona Lisa (c. 1503–1519, oil on poplar panel) is held by the Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Sources

Researched October 2026 and checked against a second source. All famous painting prices

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