Nick Trend is an art historian and journalist. As chief culture editor for The Daily Telegraph travel desk, he has spent three decades writing about the world's art treasures and guides to numerous museums and art collections. He has also worked on the curatorial staff at the National Gallery, London, and is the author of two books in the Art of Travel series for Thames & Hudson: Italy: In the Footsteps of the Great Artists and France: In the Footsteps of the Great Artists. He is also the author of two books in the A Life in Pictures series: Vincent van Gogh and Artemisia Gentileschi.