Can You Value a Masterpiece?

How much is art worth? As something without intrinsic monetary value, the answer is that it’s worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it. And in the case of the following artworks, it turns out that some people are willing to pay a lot. 

Among the Italian master's greatest works, this painting shows the fateful moment that the hunter Actaeon discovers Diana bathing. But for how much did The National Galleries of Scotland purchase it in 2009? Scroll on for the big reveal...

It’s one of 5 paintings included in the French master’s 1890s series. Purchased by the Royal Family of Qatar in 2011, they reportedly paid double the record for any artwork sold at auction. But just what did it fetch under the hammer?

One of the most revered works by Van Gogh, this painting is of Dr Paul Gachet, with whom Van Gogh lived. Dr Gachet also cared for Van Gogh during the final few months of his life. There are 2 versions of the painting. One hangs in the Musee d’Orsay. The other sold in 1990 for a then world record fee. But what was it?

One of the most recognisable paintings of all time, Munch’s The Scream is an expressionist classic and actually one of 4 versions in a collection of 22 paintings. It was subtitled Der Schrei der Natur orThe Scream of Nature. But what price would you put on this masterpiece?