"Velázquez's Philip IV in the Metropolitan Museum"

Michael Gallagher served as Sherman Fairchild Chairman of the Department of Paintings Conservation from 2005-2023. Michael specializes in the conservation of old master paintings and has published and lectured on many that he has conserved, including works by Bassano, Cranach, Giaquinto, Le Brun, Perino del Vaga, Reynolds, and Velázquez. He undertook postgraduate training at the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge, England. Following a fellowship at the J. Paul Getty Museum, he worked for the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth; the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and the National Galleries of Scotland.