X-radiograph(s) of "Annunciation"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: Straus.6533
People: Artist of original: (?) Ventura Salimbeni, Italian (Siena, Italy 1568 - 1613 Siena, Italy)
Artist of original: Also att. to Follower of Gentile da Fabriano, Italian (Fabriano, Italy c. 1370-1427)
Title: X-radiograph(s) of "Annunciation"
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph, x-radiograph
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/346026

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
Object Number: Straus.6533
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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Description: X-Radiograph Description: X-Radiograph; Detail : figures in building

Burroughs Number: 2328

X-Radiograph(s) of:
Artist: Salimbeni (?)
Artist: Also att. to Follower of Gentile da Fabriano
Title: Annunciation
Date: first half 15th century
Description: Tempera and gold on wood (cradle) ; Overall 17 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. (45.4 x 37.8 cm); painted surface 15 1/4 x 14 in. (38.7 x 35.6 cm)
Owner: Metropolitan Museum, New York (Friedsam Collection)
Object Number: 32.100.96