Abstract
The fourth and final presentation will address an often-asked question, formulated in the title of a contribution by John Römer in 1994: Who made the private tombs of Thebes? Today, the private tombs of the Theban necropolis constitute the world's largest open-air museum of ancient paintings, and feature prominently on UNESCO's World Heritage List. This privileged field of study for an art-historical analysis aimed at identifying the authors of such works will be used as a case study to consider the question of the actors of artistic production in Pharaonic Egypt, particularly in the non-royal domain.
