Maïté Metz, who holds a degree in Philosophy from the Sorbonne and a diploma from the École du Louvre, is curator of Ancient Painting at the Petit Palais in Paris. Previously she was the curator in charge of Paintings and Stained Glass at the Musée Carnavalet and studied Goya’s ‘black paintings’ at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. She has contributed to various publications on Spanish and Italian collections, such as Le Greco/Modigliani (2015), L’Âge d’or de la peinture à Naples (2015) and Heures italiennes. Trésors méconnus de la peinture italienne en Picardie (XIV-XVIII siècles) (2017), and with Annick Lemoine she has co-curated the exhibition Ribera. Ténèbres et lumière (París, 2024).