Girolamo Segato

After studying under Bagini, Segato spent a short time as an accountant in Treviso before returning to secondary schooling in Belluno, where his teacher was Tomaso Antonio Catullo.

From 1818 onwards Segato participated in several archaeological expeditions to Egypt, where he became an expert in the techniques of mummification; however, most of his studies undertaken during these trips were lost.

Most of his works can be found perfectly preserved at the University of Florence, but there is also an example at the Royal Palace of Caserta: a table in the Old Apartments, the surface of which is made with the "petrification" technique.

Segato took to the grave the secret of the technique he developed, which, despite numerous studies and attempts to imitate, remains mysterious.

[3] In a 1848 book, Valentine Mott said the collection included snakes, frogs, toads, fishes, birds, and parts of the human body, preserving color and shape.