Leonardo da Vinci Painting Loaned to New York's Met Museum by Collector Ken Griffin

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has displayed a small Leonardo da Vinci painting, the Madonna of the Yarnwinder (c. 1500), on loan from billionaire hedge‑fund manager Kenneth C. Griffin. The work, also known as the Lansdowne Madonna, was originally created for French official Florimond Robertet and later belonged to the Marchioness of Lansdowne.

The painting hangs in gallery 609 of the European paintings department, positioned between larger works by Francesco Francia and Andrea Solario. It is the only Leonardo on view at the Met and one of the few by the master exhibited in North America, where the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. holds the only other permanent Leonardo work.

Griffin’s loan, made without a formal press release, has drawn attention from art journalists and visitors, highlighting the role of private collectors in enriching public museum collections.