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Sara Menato

Volunteer, Word and Image

I obtained both PhD and post-doc in History of Art at the University of Padova, Italy, specializing in Italian Old Masters. I am currently volunteering in the Word and Image Department, Paintings section.

The National Art Library

Tiepolo’s Apollo and Daphne

Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne was universally admired during the 17th century. In Filippo Baldinucci‘s Life of Bernini (1598-1680), the marble group of Apollo...

The National Art Library

Saint Cecilia in V&A collections

Very few works by the Italian artist Stefano Maderno (1576-1636) survive and his fame rests primarily on the sculpture of Saint Cecilia in the church of Santa Cecilia in Rome,...