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Identification and Creation

Object Number
Straus.6581
People
Artist of original: Andrea Mantegna, Italian (Isola di Carturo, Italy 1431 - 1506 Mantua, Italy)
Title
X-radiograph(s) of "Adoration of the Sheperds"
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph, x-radiograph
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/346074

Physical Descriptions

Dimensions
film size: 14 x 17

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
Object Number
Straus.6581
Contact
am_straus@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
X-Radiograph Description: X-Radiograph; Details : left and right parts

Burroughs Number: 2376

X-Radiograph(s) of:
Artist: Mantegna, Andrea, Italian, ca.1431-1506
Title: Adoration of the Sheperds
Date: ante 1460
Description: Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood; Overall 15 3/4 x 21 7/8 in. (40 x 55.6 cm); painted surface 14 7/8 x 21 in. (37.8 x 53.3 cm)
Owner: Metropolitan Museum, New York
Object Number: 32.130.2

Subjects and Contexts

  • Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs