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Rank 07

Leonardo da Vinci

Still the non-negotiable Renaissance benchmark—patrons chase presence more than ownership.

Ranked No. 7 of 25 in Fine Art II, updated 6 September 2026

Photograph by Leonardo da Vinci, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized

Why it is here

The Art Newspaper’s Big Review of the Louvre’s 2019 Leonardo retrospective and The New York Times Arts review of the same survey (~160 works) together treat Leonardo as the indispensable Renaissance benchmark for serious patrons—canon presence measured by critical exhibition scholarship, not market noise.

Who it is for

UHNW patrons who treat Florence–Milan–Paris itineraries as cultural due diligence and want the deepest Old Master encounter, not a market narrative.

Sources

The Art Newspaper · 22 November 2019The Big Review: Leonardo at the LouvreCritical survey of the Louvre’s quincentenary Leonardo retrospective as a defining institutional reading of the master’s oeuvre.
The New York Times · 23 October 2019Leonardo da Vinci, Maestro of Change, Shines at the LouvreNYT Arts reviews the Louvre Leonardo survey of ~160 works as a quieter, intellectual blockbuster showing the artist’s hand and mind in constant action.