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Aude Henry-Gobet
Fellow
2009 - 2010
Art history
Biography
Aude Henry-Gobet
Period: 2009-2010
Profession: Art historian Born in 1972, Aude-Henry-Gobet defended her doctoral thesis in 2007: “Une solidarité artistique au XVIIIe siècle. Artistes et académiciens à Rouen au temps de Jean-Baptiste Descamps (1715-1791)”, under the supervision of Professor Daniel Rabreau, Université de Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne. Author of several articles on scholarly sociability and artistic networks in the Age of Enlightenment, she was appointed boarder at the Académie de France in Rome on April 1, 2009 for a period of 18 months. Her current research focuses on students from French drawing schools in Rome in the second half of the 18th century, around the Palazzo Mancini. For a current survey of his work, see
Studiolo 6 (2008): A. Henry-Gobet, “De la province de Normandie à la Ville Éternelle. Les élèves de l’École de dessin de Rouen à Rome au XVIIIe siècle”.
Medici Residency André Chastel
with the INHA
Application 26.06 - 30.09.2025
Since 2010, the Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA) and the French Academy in Rome - Villa Medici have awarded two scholarships each year for research into art from the Renaissance to the present day. These grants are intended for established French or foreign researchers wishing to travel to Rome to carry out research. Candidates must either have held a doctorate for at least 5 years by the closing date of the call, or be curators or have recognized professional experience in a field of art history. The grant amounts to €3,000. Fellows are housed at Villa Medici for a period of four to six weeks, consecutively or divided between January 1 and December 31 of the same 2026, with the exception of the month of August.
