Xavier F. Salomon is the Frick's Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator. A noted scholar of the Venetian Renaissance painter Paolo Veronese, he curated the monographic exhibition on the artist at the National Gallery, London (2014). Previously, Salomon was Curator in the Department of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and, before that, the Arturo and Holly Melosi Chief Curator at Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. He curated exhibitions on Salvator Rosa, Van Dyck, Bertoldo di Giovanni, Murillo, Canova, Tiepolo, Goya, and Cy Twombly. He is a Trustee and member of the Projects Committee of Save Venice. In 2018, Italy named Salomon Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia.