You don't think people inherently value art & beauty? That would be the "intrinsic" value of the painting. Now, if we were really getting down to it, I would a

You don't think people inherently value art & beauty? That would be the "intrinsic" value of the painting. Now, if we were really getting down to it, I would argue there is no "intrinsic" value for gold (or anything else). It's only worth what value different people may assign to it, which depends on entirely on the historical, cultural, and technological context in which we live, and varies greatly from person to person. Sure, there are some aspects or properties of objects for which there is relatively high amounts of agreement about the valuation, however that doesn't make those properties or their valuations "intrinsic". And of course, there will never be 100% agreement about anything.