X-radiograph(s) of "Pieta" | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: Straus.4708
People: Artist of original: Luigi Cavenaghi, Italian (Caravaggio 1844 - 1918 Milan)
Artist of original: Also att. to Carlo Crivelli, Italian (Venice, Italy 1430/35 - before 1495 Ascoli Piceno, Italy)
Title: X-radiograph(s) of "Pieta"
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: x-radiograph, photograph
Date: March 31, 1949
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/344201

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
Object Number: Straus.4708
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Description: X-Radiograph Description: Print (03/31/1949) : Number : 3; X-radiograph (Burrough's) : Number : 3; X-radiograph (15/05/1996); Detail : center: vertical, right of scar in side); X-Rays unsatisfactory because of the coating of X-Ray dense material (?); X-Rays (Burrough's) : detail of scar

X-Radiograph Settings: X-Ray (03/31/1949): 16 kv, 6 ma, 1 1/2 min. 40 W.D.; Burrough's X-Ray: 25 kv, 3 ma, 25 sec or 50 kv, 5 ma, 20 sec (?).;

Burroughs Number: 490

X-Radiograph(s) of:
Artist: Cavanaghi
Artist: Also att. to Crivelli, Carlo, Italian, ca.1430-probably 1495
Title: Pieta
Date: 15th century
Description: Oil on canvas; 66.4 cm x 64 cm, actual
Owner: Harvard University Art Museums
Object Number: 1924.21