X-radiograph(s) of "St. Lawrence with Saints and Donors"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: Straus.5425
People: Artist of original: Filippo Lippi, Italian (Florence, Italy c. 1406 - 1469 Spoleto, Italy)
Title: X-radiograph(s) of "St. Lawrence with Saints and Donors"
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph, x-radiograph
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/344918

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
Object Number: Straus.5425
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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Description: X-Radiograph Description: X-radiograph; Detail : Wing at right, lower (little shows); Wing at right, upper (little shows) (2 X-rays); Wing at left, lower (little shows); Wing at left, upper (little shows) (2 X-rays); Central panel : saint Lawrence; Central panel : Saint at left; Central panel : donor (little shows)

Burroughs Number: 1209

X-Radiograph(s) of:
Artist: Lippi, Filippo, Italian, ca.1406-1469
Title: St. Lawrence with Saints and Donors
Date: ca.1435
Description: Tempera on wood (cradle), gold ground; Central panel (a), overall, with arched top and added strips, 47 3/4 x 45 1/2 in. (121.3 x 115.6 cm); right panel (b) 28 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (72.4 x 39.1 cm); left panel (c) 28 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (72.4 x 39.4 cm) [panels substantially altered in size and shape.
Owner: Metropolitan Museum, New York
Object Number: 35.31.1