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Greatest painters

Prompt, in fullWhat are the ten greatest painters of all time? Rank them. Give a brief reason for each.

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models named Leonardo da Vinci as their first pick · each model counted once, by its most frequent named answer

Michelangelo and Peter Paul Rubens got one model each.

Leonardo da Vinci54
Michelangelo1
Peter Paul Rubens1
Every model’s answer (56)
ModelAnswerReplies
Claude 3 HaikuLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Claude Haiku 4.5Leonardo da Vinci1 of 1
Claude Sonnet 5Leonardo da Vinci2 of 2
DeepSeek Chat V3 0324Leonardo da Vinci2 of 2
DeepSeek Chat V3.1Leonardo da Vinci2 of 2
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423Leonardo da Vinci2 of 2
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731Leonardo da Vinci1 of 1
GLM 4.5 AirLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
GLM 4.7 FlashLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
GPT-4o MiniLeonardo da Vinci1 of 1
GPT-5.6 TerraLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Gemini 3.1 ProLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Gemma 3 12BLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Gemma 3 27b ItLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Gemma 3 4BLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Grok 4.6Leonardo da Vinci1 of 1
Hermes 3 70B InstructLeonardo da Vinci1 of 1
Hunyuan 3Leonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Hunyuan A13B InstructLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Ling 3.0 FlashLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Llama 3 8B LunarisLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Llama 3.1 8B InstructLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Llama 3.1 Euryale 70B v2.2Leonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Llama 3.3 70BLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Llama 4 MaverickLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
MiniMax M2Leonardo da Vinci2 of 2
MiniMax M2.5Leonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Minimax M2.1Leonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Minimax M2.7Leonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Ministral 14b 2512Leonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Ministral 3 3B 2512Leonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Ministral 3 8B 2512Leonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Mistral Small 3Leonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Mistral Small 3.2 24b InstructLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Muse Glimmer 30BLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
MythoMax 13BLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Nemotron 3.5Leonardo da Vinci1 of 1
Nova Lite 1.0Leonardo da Vinci1 of 1
Nova MicroLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Phi-4Leonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Qwen 2.5 72b InstructLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Qwen 2.5 7b InstructLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Qwen3 14bLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Qwen3 235b A22b 2507Leonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Qwen3 30b A3bLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Qwen3 32BLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Qwen3 Next 80b A3b InstructLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Qwen3 VL 235b A22b InstructLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Qwen3 VL 30b A3b InstructLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
ReMM SLERP 13BLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Skyfall 36b V2Leonardo da Vinci2 of 2
Small 2603Leonardo da Vinci1 of 1
UncensoredLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
UnslopNemo 12BLeonardo da Vinci2 of 2
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpMichelangelo1 of 1
Cydonia 24B V4.1Peter Paul Rubens1 of 1

Asked 9 times

Each line is one recorded run with its own chart. The number above combines them; a wording is printed when it differs from the prompt at the top.

Wording B, run 1 of 6Rank the ten greatest painters of all time. Give a brief reason for each.Leonardo da Vinci · 30 of 31
Wording B, run 2 of 6Rank the ten greatest painters of all time. Give a brief reason for each.Leonardo da Vinci · 18 of 19
Wording A, run 3 of 3Leonardo da Vinci · 2 of 2
Wording B, run 6 of 6Rank the ten greatest painters of all time. Give a brief reason for each.Leonardo da Vinci · 2 of 2
Wording A, run 1 of 3Leonardo da Vinci · 1 of 1
Wording A, run 2 of 3Leonardo da Vinci · 1 of 1
Wording B, run 3 of 6Rank the ten greatest painters of all time. Give a brief reason for each.Leonardo da Vinci · 1 of 1
Wording B, run 4 of 6Rank the ten greatest painters of all time. Give a brief reason for each.Leonardo da Vinci · 1 of 1
Wording B, run 5 of 6Rank the ten greatest painters of all time. Give a brief reason for each.Leonardo da Vinci · 1 of 1

In their words

“Rankings like this are inherently subjective—art history doesn't have a scoreboard—but here's a defensible list based on technical mastery, innovation, and influence on subsequent art.”

Anthropic · Claude Sonnet 5 · Leonardo da Vinci

“A defensible, necessarily subjective ranking based on influence, innovation, mastery, and lasting impact: 1.”

OpenAI · GPT-5.6 Terra · Leonardo da Vinci

“Assessments of who the "greatest" painters are can be highly subjective and depend on diverse perspectives, cultural backgrounds, and personal tastes.”

Google · Gemini 3.1 Pro · Leonardo da Vinci

“**Ranking the “greatest” painters is inherently subjective** (criteria like technical mastery, innovation, influence, emotional power, and cultural impact vary; lists are also heavily Western-centric).”

xAI · Grok 4.6 · Leonardo da Vinci
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