Victoria Avery is Keeper of Applied Arts at the Fitzwilliam Museum. She has researched, lectured and published extensively on many aspects of European sculpture and the decorative arts. Her publications include Vulcan’s Forge in Venus’ City: The Story of Bronze in Venice, 1350-1650 (OUP, 2011; awarded Premio Salimbeni, 2012); Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment (PWP, 2015; co-edited with Melissa Calaresu and Mary Laven) and Michelangelo Sculptor in Bronze (PWP, 2018; editor and contributing author).
