Sandro Botticelli was the most valuable Old Master artist at fine art auctions in 2021. That year, Botticelli's "Portrait of a young man holding a roundel" was sold for roughly 92 million U.S. dollars. Xu Yang and Zhu Da followed behind that year, with a total auction revenue of around 65 million and 27.5 million U.S. dollars, respectively.
Leading Old Masters artists worldwide in 2021, by auction revenue (in million U.S. dollars)
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ArtPrice.com. (March 15, 2022). Leading Old Masters artists worldwide in 2021, by auction revenue (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 29, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/886106/top-old-masters-artists-by-auction-turnover/
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ArtPrice.com. (2022). Leading Old Masters artists worldwide in 2021, by auction revenue (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/886106/top-old-masters-artists-by-auction-turnover/
ArtPrice.com. "Leading Old Masters Artists Worldwide in 2021, by Auction Revenue (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/886106/top-old-masters-artists-by-auction-turnover/
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