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The Royal Library holds 27 Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces in the Paintale collection, including works by Leonardo da Vinci. Each painting page unpacks the symbolism, technique, and provenance of the work — turning a gallery visit, or a search for a single canvas, into a deeper encounter with the period.

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Seated Old Man

Leonardo da Vinci

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Galloping Rider And Other Figures

Leonardo da Vinci

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Allegory With Wolf And Eagle

Leonardo da Vinci

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Comparison Of Scalp Skin And Onion

Leonardo da Vinci

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Anatomical Studies Of The Shoulder

Leonardo da Vinci

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Anatomical Studies Of A Male Shoulder

Leonardo da Vinci

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Studies Of The Sexual Act And Male Sexual Organ

Leonardo da Vinci

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Studies Of Legs Of Man And The Leg Of A Horse

Leonardo da Vinci

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Studies Of Embryos

Leonardo da Vinci

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Cavern With Ducks

Leonardo da Vinci

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Old Man With Ivy Wreath And Lion'S Head

Leonardo da Vinci

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Storm Over A Landscape

Leonardo da Vinci

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Deluge Over A City

Leonardo da Vinci

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Map Of Tuscany And The Chiana Valley

Leonardo da Vinci

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Bird'S-Eye-View Of Sea Coast

Leonardo da Vinci

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Equestrian Monument

Leonardo da Vinci

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Natural Disaster

Leonardo da Vinci

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Star Of Bethlehem And Other Plants

Leonardo da Vinci

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Birch Copse

Leonardo da Vinci

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Cannon Foundry

Leonardo da Vinci

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Studies Of Water

Leonardo da Vinci

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Lorenzo De' Medici

Leonardo da Vinci

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Head Of A Woman

Leonardo da Vinci

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Studies Of Leda And A Horse

Leonardo da Vinci

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Head Of Leda

Leonardo da Vinci

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Group Of Riders In The Battle Of Anghiari

Leonardo da Vinci

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Rearing Horse

Leonardo da Vinci

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About the Royal Library’s Renaissance and Baroque collection

The Royal Library’s holdings of Renaissance and Baroque painting in Windsor sit among the most significant surviving collections of pre-modern European art. The works in this group — 27 paintings — span the themes of daily life, portrait, landscape and the hands of artists from Leonardo da Vinci.

If you’re planning a visit, use this page as a starting list of the must-see paintings. If you’re researching from a desk, each painting page goes deeper than a museum label: the patron, the symbolism a 17th-century viewer would have recognised, the technique under the surface, and where the painting fits in Royal Library’s longer history.