Yes, Akbar the Great was a patroon of the arts.
There are many saints that are patrons to art in one form or another, some of art itself, other of artists. The patron saint of art is Catherine of Bologna. The patron saint of art dealers is John...
Medicci
From 1970 till his death in 2000 he lived in Seattle, Washington.
St. Jacob is the Patron Saint of constructed theological school of nisibis.