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Fellow
2002 - 2003
Art history
Karen Serres
Period: 2002-2003
Profession: Art historian Courtauld Institute of Art, London PhD, under the supervision of Dr Sheila McTighe:
Models and motifs. Caravaggesque iconography in Seicento Rome. MA in the History of Art (equivalent to DEA), with congratulations from the jury. Specialization :
Realism, image and text in 17th-century French and Italian painting. Dissertation subject, under the supervision of Dr. Sheila McTighe :
The meaning of the theme of The Abduction of the Sabine women in the 17th century . Université Paris IV-Sorbonne, Paris Maîtrise d’histoire de l’art, mention félicitations du jury Dissertation subject, under the supervision of Professor Antoine Schnapper :
Ces Messieurs de la Ville. Collective portraits of Parisian aldermen in the 17th century. Ecole du Louvre, Paris Diplômes des Premier et Second (Muséologie) Cycles de L’Ecole du Louvre.

with the INHA
Application 01.04 - 12.06.2026
Since 2010, the National Institute of Art History (INHA) and the French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici have awarded two research grants each year for research into modern and contemporary art.
These grants are intended for established researchers, whether French or foreign, who wish to travel to Rome to carry out research.