Most expensive paintings at all times

The world's most famous paintings, particularly works done before 1800, are commonly owned by museums, which very rarely sell them, and as such, they are quite literally priceless.

oil on canvas
23.4" x 22"
Dr. Gachet - Vincent van Gogh, 1890 , sold for $82,500,000 on May 15, 1990.

oil, silver, and gold on canvas
54.3" x 54.3"

Adele Bloch-Bauer I - Gustav Klimt, 1907 , sold for $135,000,000 on Jun 18, 2006 by Maria Altmann.

oil on canvas
39.4" × 32"
Garçon à la pipe - Pablo Picasso, 1905 - sold for $104,168,000 on May 4, 2004 .

oil on canvas

51" x 38"

Dora Maar au Chat - Pablo Picasso, 1941 - sold for $95,200,000 on May 3, 2006 .

oil on fabric

51.6" x 69"
Bal au moulin de la Galette, Montmartre - Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876 - sold for $78,100,000 on May 17, 1990 .

oil on canvas

56" x 71.6"
Massacre of the Innocents - Peter Paul Rubens, 1611 - sold for £49,506,650 ($75,930,440) on Jul 10, 2002 .

oil on canvas
16" x 13"
sold for $71.5 million in 1998 in New York.

Painted in ca. 1893-1894 - sold for $60,500,000 on May 10, 1999

painted in 1901 - sold for $55,000,000 November 8, 2000 .

Vincent van Gogh , France in 1889 - sold for $ 54,000,000.