On  Thursday the 23rd of April at 5pm Dr Roberto Ferrari  will deliver a talk on the Welsh sculptor  John Gibson  (1790-1866), an outstanding Canova pupil who met Joseph Severn while in Rome and is buried at the Non-Catholic Cemetery. The talk is titled "From  Mars and Cupid  to the  Tinted Venus: The Sculptor John Gibson and His Studio in Rome".  

The price is included in the entrance ticket but available seats are limited so bookings are recommended (06 678 42 35; [email protected]).

Roberto C. Ferrari is the Curator of Art Properties at Columbia University in New York, where he oversees the university art collection.  He holds a Ph.D. in art history and specializes in 19th-century British painting and sculpture.  He previously worked at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and has taught art history at Drew University and Marymount Manhattan College.