Sirarpie Der Nersessian, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sirarpie Der Nersessian

an Armenian art historian

Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1896

Place of Birth: Constantinople

Date of Death: 06-Jul-1989

Profession: art historian, armenologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Sirarpie Der Nersessian (5 September 1896 – 5 July 1989) was an Armenian art historian, who specialized in Armenian and Byzantine studies.
Der Nersessian was a renowned academic and a pioneer in Armenian art history.
She taught at several institutions in the United States, including Wellesley College in Massachusetts and as Henri Focillon Professor of Art and Archaeology at Harvard University.
She was a senior fellow at Dumbarton Oaks, its deputy director from 1954–55 and 1961–62 and a member of its Board of Scholars.
Der Nersessian was also a member of several international institutions such as the British Academy (1975), the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (1978) and the Armenian Academy of Sciences (1966).