Letizia Treves graduated in History of Art at the University of Cambridge and received aPhD from The Courtauld Institute of Art, writing her dissertation on Michelangelo’s drawings used by Daniele da Volterra. She worked as an expert in Italian Drawing for Sotheby’s London and was curator of Italian and Spanish Paintings 1600–1800 at the National Gallery, London. She is currently global head of Research & Expertise at Christie’s London.