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How much is The Birth of Venus worth?

The Birth of Venus 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.

Artist: Sandro Botticelli
Date: c. 1485
Medium: Tempera on canvas
Held by: Uffizi Gallery, Florence

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

About the painting

The goddess Venus arrives on shore on a giant shell, blown by the winds and greeted by a nymph. A landmark of the Italian Renaissance, it revived the classical female nude on a monumental scale. It is one of the treasures of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

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

The Birth of Venus 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 The Birth of Venus worth?

The Birth of Venus 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.

Is The Birth of Venus 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 The Birth of Venus?

The Birth of Venus (c. 1485, tempera on canvas) is held by the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.