X-radiograph(s) of "Descent from the Cross"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: Straus.5260
People: Artist of original: (?) Gerritt Willemsz Horst, Dutch (c. 1612-1652)
Artist of original: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title: X-radiograph(s) of "Descent from the Cross"
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: x-radiograph, photograph
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/344753

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
Object Number: Straus.5260
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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Description: X-Radiograph Description: X-radiograph; Sent to A. Burroughs 7/28/51; Detail : body of Christ

Burroughs Number: 1045

X-Radiograph(s) of:
Artist: Horst, Gerritt Willemsz (?), Dutch, ca.1612-1652
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669
Title: Descent from the Cross
Date: 1650-2
Description: Oil on canvas (stretcher), 142 x 110.9 cm (55 7/8 x 43 5/8 in.)
Owner: National Gallery (Widener Collection), Washington, DC
Object Number: 1942.9.61