10 Most expensive paintings

When Pablo Picasso's masterpiece, Les Femmes d’Alger, sold for $179 million (£116 million) in New York on Monday night, it smashed the record for a painting sold at auction. But even so it is still far from the most expensive painting of all time. It manages only fourth place. Others have changed hands for millions more in private sales. Here are the 10 most expensive paintings in history. (The prices shown are all adjusted for inflation.)