Public sale records, not an appraisal

How much is Primavera worth?

Primavera is not for sale: it is held by the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, so it has no market price. The closest guide is Botticelli's highest documented sale: $92.2 million for Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel, at Sotheby's New York in 2021. Prints and posters of it usually sell for $5–$250, and hand-painted copies for $100–$800.

Artist: Sandro Botticelli
Date: 1480
Medium: Tempera on panel
Held by: Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Botticelli's record$92.2MPortrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel · 2021

Own a print or copy of Primavera?

Most copies of Primavera in homes are prints, posters or hand-painted copies. They sell as decorative pieces, not as Botticelli's work. These are the resale ranges Art Scanner's value estimate starts from.

Poster or unframed print$5–$60

Framed decorative or museum-shop print$40–$250

Large framed archival print$150–$800

Hand-painted copy$100–$800

An oil copy painted by hand, often sold as decor

Resale value in US dollars on a log scale: what copies actually sell for second-hand, not retail.

Dots under a magnifier

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Strokes that match the picture

Raised brushstrokes that follow the image mean a hand-painted copy. A few strokes over a flat print are added texture.

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About the painting

Primavera is a large panel painting in tempera paint by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli made in the late 1470s or early 1480s. It has been described as "one of the most written about, and most controversial paintings in the world", and also "one of the most popular paintings in Western art".

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

Botticelli next to other famous artists

Each artist's highest documented sale, from the same research. Botticelli: $92.2 million for Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel, in 2021.

Munch$120MThe Scream · 2012
Van Gogh$117MVerger avec cyprès (Orchard with Cypresses) · 2022
Monet$111MMeules (Haystacks) · 2019
Gauguin$106MMaternité II · 2022
Botticelli$92.2MPortrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel · 2021
Renoir$78.1MBal du moulin de la Galette · 1990
Rubens$76.7MMassacre of the Innocents · 2002
Manet$65.1MLe Printemps · 2014
Caillebotte$53MJeune homme à sa fenêtre · 2021

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

Why it has no price

Primavera is held by the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. 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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Questions

How much is Primavera worth?

Primavera is not for sale: it is held by the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, so it has no market price. The closest guide is Botticelli's highest documented sale: $92.2 million for Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel, at Sotheby's New York in 2021. Prints and posters of it usually sell for $5–$250, and hand-painted copies for $100–$800.

How much is a print of Primavera worth?

Most prints and posters of Primavera sell for $5–$250, with framed ones at the top of that range, and hand-painted copies for $100–$800. They are priced as decorative pieces, not as Botticelli's work.

Is Primavera for sale?

No. It is held by the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Works in public collections are not sold, so they have no market price.

What is Botticelli's most expensive work?

Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel, which sold for $92.2 million at Sotheby's New York in 2021. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.

Where is Primavera?

Primavera (1480, tempera on panel) is held by the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.