Manuela Mena Marqués

Head of 18th Century and Goya Painting Conservation at the Prado Museum and a member of the Botín Foundation’s Visual Arts Advisory Committee, she holds a doctorate in Art History from the Complutense University of Madrid (1976), where she specialised in 17th century Italian drawing and painting. From 1971 to 1981 she was a lecturer at the Autonomous University of Madrid, until being appointed Conservator of Drawings and Prints at the Prado Museum in 1981. She was Deputy Head of Conservation and Research at the museum from 1981 to 1996 and a member of its Board of Trustees from 1991 to 1996. She is a member of the Ministry of Culture’s Classification, Appraisal and Export of Works of Historical Interest Committee and represents the Expert Body of Museum Conservators on the Prado Museum’s Royal Board of Trustees, in addition to being a member of ICOM and a member of the Scientific Committee of the Goya Museum in Castres (France) since 1981. She has received various honours and awards, including the Silver Medal for Merit in Fine Arts from the Ministry of Culture. She has organised and curated countless exhibitions both in Spain and abroad.