Most Expensive Jacques-Louis David Paintings

$200–500 million

As an inalienable Louvre masterpiece with no sale history, its $200–500M figure is purely hypothetical and derived from cross‑category trophy benchmarks and David’s unparalleled rarity.

$150-250 million

Held by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and effectively non‑marketable, the $150–250M estimate for The Death of Marat is entirely a hypothetical fair‑market proxy.

$120-180 million

Although protected under French law, Napoleon Crossing the Alps commands a $120–180M insurance/indemnity proxy driven by its iconic status and zero market supply.

$100-150 million

Le Sacre’s $100–150M valuation is a theoretical exercise contingent on impossible deaccession, extrapolated from high‑quality David comparables and its singular national importance.

$30-80 million

The Louvre’s Intervention of the Sabine Women is museum‑held and protected, so its $30–80M band is a conditional, export‑contingent hypothetical reflecting rarity and condition sensitivity.

$30-60 million

The Met’s Death of Socrates has no public sale precedent; its $30–60M estimate is a hypothetical market proxy based on scarcity and comparable David works.

$10-50 million

Effectively non‑marketable under French patrimony rules, The Lictors’ $10–50M valuation extrapolates from a $7.21M autograph auction anchor and David’s rarity.

$8-35 million

The Met‑held Portrait of Lavoisier and his wife is not for sale, so the $8–35M range is a conditional market estimate dependent on institutional interest and clear title.

$10-30 million

If Léonidas aux Thermopyles were legally transferable, its $10–30M range is an informed extrapolation from David auction comparables and recent oil‑sketch realizations.

$2,000,000–$12,000,000

Belisarius’s $2M–$12M estimate reflects David’s demonstrated auction ceiling and museum custodianship (Palais des Beaux‑Arts, Lille), making any sale unlikely without rare deaccession.