Displaying Tools. On the Named Artists Depicted with a Palette
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This paper aims to offer an overview of ancient Egyptian artists’ representations with a palette in two-dimensional scenes that occurred in eight tombs during a limited time window, i.e., from mid-Dynasty 18 to the Ramesside Period. By connecting these “(auto)portraits à la palette” via a chronological analysis, the article paves the way for a comprehensive study of this specific iconographic shorthand to signal a sš-ḳdw.t’s identity, closely related to an artist’s definition of themselves within their own social world. In so doing, they blurred the line of our modern distinction between “scribes” and “draftsmen.”
Source: Journal of Egyptian History
Author: Alisée Devillers
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4408805572