Doctor of Philosophy and head of the department of Aesthetics and Theory at the university Auntónoma in Madrid. He has been General Director of Fine Arts for the Spanish Culture Ministry. He has been director of the Cervantes Institute in Paris since 2004.

BA in Art History at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, he combines his doctoral project on the work of Luis Paret y Alcázar, with editorial and journalistic aspects that has led him to interest in the photographic work of Ferdinando Brachetti.

Restoration Technician specialized in painting, with nearly three decades of experience in the cabinet of the Museo del Prado, she explains in this article the painstaking process of restoration of the tüchlein by Pieter Bruegel the Elder that has taken more than a year of work in the laboratory of the museum.

As art historian she has focused his research on the work of Rafael and Bernini, as well asthe decorative arts of the time of the Grand Tour. His editorial experience with Franco Maria Ricci through numerous books has allowed her to meet his last project: a museum for their collections in the middle of a maze.

He has studied for years the work of Caravaggio, Gentileschi and Cavarozzi. He is the author of several articles and monographs, including one about José de Ribera's Roman period. Thanks to his research, he identified the Master of the Judgement of Solomon with the Spanish painter.

Curator in Charge of the Department of Islamic Art in The Metropolitan Museum, has focused her studies on the region of Iran, Central Asia and Islamic India. Her recent research on Safavid art of the seventeenth-century have led her to participate in the edition of Shahnama, the content discussed in this issue.

Architect from ETSA Madrid and founding member of the Rodríguez & Rayado Study, he has developed a committed work with contemporary housing and its social implications.

PhD in Art History at the Complutense University of Madrid, he is secretary of Goya, the research journal published by the Fundación Lázaro Galdiano. This article reflects on the Milanese Leonardo stage and the exhibition devoted to him in the National Gallery in London.

She is Curator of the Department of Flemish Painting and Northern School (1400-1600), plus Spanish Painting Department (1100-1500), of the Museum Nacional del Prado. Her research on The wine feast of St. Martin acquired by the institution has served to return the tüchlein to Pieter Bruegel the Elder production.