title: [A « connoisseur artist» ? The conservator's expertise in museums at the end of the 18(th) century].
abstract: The conservator's expertise is defined in Paris in the museum at the end of the 18(th) century. On the one hand, this article analyses the competences claimed by the conservator in order to give proof of his expertise and to create a professional identity distinct from other implicated actors. On the other hand, this text shows how this expertise is constructed through the collaboration between the curator and the conservator, and underlines the negotiation and porosity of their respective fields of competence.
authors.affiliation: Université de Genève, 5, rue de Candolle, CH-1211, Genève 4, France, noemie.etienne@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Noémie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Etienne