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

Identification and Creation

Object Number: Straus.4723
People: Artist of original: Follower of Bernardo Daddi, Italian, Florentine (active c. 1280 - 1348)
Title: X-radiograph(s) of "Crucifixion"
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph, x-radiograph
Date: December 11, 1980
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/344216

Dimensions: film size (3 X-rays): 35.6 x 43.2 cm (14 x 17 in.)
film size (4 X-rays): 17.8 x 27.9 cm (7 x 11 in.)

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
Object Number: Straus.4723
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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Description: X-Radiograph Description: 4 X-radiographs : central pannel (top, middle and bottom) (Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saints Mary Magdalene and John the Evangelist).; 1 X-ray : central panel with hinges and metal security plates.; 2 X-rays : lateral wings (left panel: The Agony in the Garden and Saints Peter and Paul; right panel: Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Margaret of Antioch, Saints James Major and Benedict); Size : 3 X-rays 14 x 17; 4 X-rays 7 x 11

X-Radiograph Settings: 25 kv, 5 ma, 20 sec.; 5 ma, 37 1/2 kv, 2 min.

Burroughs Number: 506

X-Radiograph(s) of:
Artist: Follower of Bernardo Daddi, Italian
Title: Crucifixion
Date: 1334
Description: Tempera and gold leaf on panel (poplar ?) with engaged frame; 62.3 cm x 54.2 cm
Owner: Harvard University Art Museums
Object Number: 1918.33