X-radiograph(s) of "Annunciation"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: Straus.6399
People: Artist of original: Petrus Christus, Netherlandish (Baarle-Hertog, Belgium c. 1410-1475 or 1476 Bruges, Belgium)
Artist of original: Formerly att. to Jan van Eyck, Netherlandish (c. 1390 - 1441)
Title: X-radiograph(s) of "Annunciation"
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: x-radiograph, photograph
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/345892

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
Object Number: Straus.6399
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Description: X-Radiograph Description: X-radiograph; Detail : central figures

Burroughs Number: 2194

X-Radiograph(s) of:
Artist: Christus, Petrus, Netherlandish, ca. 1410-1475 or 1476
Artist: Formerly att. to Eyck, Jan van, Netherlandish, ca.1390-1441
Title: Annunciation
Date: ca. 1450
Description: Oil on wood (cradle) ; Overall 31 x 25 7/8 in. (78.7 x 65.7 cm); painted surface 30 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. (77.5 x 64.1 cm)
Owner: Metropolitan Museum, New York (Friedsam Collection)
Object Number: 32.100.35