Heritage and Wholesale Manager

• Jun 2022 - Present

Appraiser in Old Master Paintings

• Oct 2017 - Present

I provide technical expertise and catalogue service. I am specialised in appraising Italian old masters’ paintings, especially Venetian paintings and drawings from 16th until the 18th century. I provide technical expertise and catalogue service. I am specialised in appraising Italian old masters’ paintings, especially Venetian paintings and drawings from 16th until the 18th century.

Book Seller

• Nov 2021 - Jul 2022

Publication Assistant

• Apr 2019 - Oct 2021

• I lead and provide support to curatorial colleagues on all parts of the publishing process from conception to publication.• I am the key communicator with external publisher stakeholders and I ensure information and schedules are clearly communicated to both the curatorial department, external editor and publisher.• I set up new records for commissioned titles allocation, ISBNs and establishing template schedules for editors.• My editorial main tasks comprehend copy-editing, proof-reading and assisting with setting up contracts.• I maintain a working archive both digital publication proof and physical Wallace publications.• I ensure all the images rights licenses are organised and high-resolution images are available to the publisher and their design teams in a timely fashion.• I manage reprint of Wallace Collection publications and ensure editorial changes are logged with the curatorial department.• I closely work with finance to ensure distribution stock holdings and royalties are received and processed each quarter• I proactively report on publication sales during Publication Meetings and write minutes.• I buy and carefully curate an engaging and tailored mix of book titles for the museum shop remaining within the retail target margins, liaising with publication’ suppliers and representative regarding stock orders and margins. I actively develop commercial awareness and keep up to date with market trends by carrying out competitive shop exercises.

Guide Lecturer

• Nov 2018 - Sep 2021

Retail Supervisor

• Oct 2018 - Apr 2019

Retail Assistant

• Feb 2016 - Nov 2018

Curatorial Volunteer

• Mar 2017 - Sep 2017

Involved in two different projects:• The first revolved around a new publication about Richard Wallace, published in 2018 to mark the bicentenary of his birth. My main tasks included researching documents and manuscripts in the Wallace Collection Archive and at Christie’s Archive.• The second project, entitled Vedute, focuses on the Canaletto’s paintings at the Wallace Collection in the occasion of the restoration works carried on them. Overseen by Curators of Paintings, the project involved archive and bibliographical research, elaboration and interpretation of the sources, and on-field research activity, including the acquisition of photographic material in Venice.

Research Assistant

• Jul 2015 - Jul 2017

I worked as fixed-term appointed researcher for the project The Golden Ages. Myth, Philosophy, Imagery directed by Prof. Carlo Chiurco of the University of Verona, Italy. The project included a scholarship funded from the Regione Veneto and the University of Verona. The research was conducted at the library of the Warburg Institute, in London and resulted in a speech delivered at an international conference in Verona (Dec. 2016) and in an essay published in 2018 by Marsilio. I was also in charge of the editing processes, proof reading and managing all the images’ copyright.

Curatorial Internship

• May 2012 - Jun 2012

I was responsible for the partial cataloguing of the photo library of the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice. My task primarily focused on Venetian paintings and drawings. The requested expertise included: status overview of the pictured artwork, date and authorship assignment, completion or revision of the existing catalogue records, and creation (when needed) of new catalogue records. I was responsible for the partial cataloguing of the photo library of the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice. My task primarily focused on Venetian paintings and drawings. The requested expertise included: status overview of the pictured artwork, date and authorship assignment, completion or revision of the existing catalogue records, and creation (when needed) of new catalogue records.