X-radiograph(s) of "Portrait of Mr. Nodler"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: Straus.8054
People: Artist of original: Gustave Courbet, French (Ornans, France 1819 - 1877 La Tour-de-Peilzy, near Vevey, Switzerland)
Title: X-radiograph(s) of "Portrait of Mr. Nodler"
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: x-radiograph, photograph
Date: June 7, 1977
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/347547

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
Object Number: Straus.8054
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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Description: X-Radiograph Description: X-Radiograph

X-Radiograph Settings: 5 ma, 50 kv, 45 sec. (didn't come out); 5 ma, 40 kv, 60 sec. (didn't come out); 5 ma, 40 kv, 60 sec. (too light); 5 ma, 50 kv, 45 sec.; 5 ma, 55 kv, 40 sec.; 5 ma, 40 kv, 75 sec.; 5 ma, 55 kv, 40 sec.; 5 ma, 60 kv, 40 sec.

Burroughs Number: 3991

X-Radiograph(s) of:
Artist: Courbet, Gustave, French, 1819-1877
Title: Portrait of Mr. Nodler
Description: Wax-lined Canvas
Owner: Smith College Museum of Art, Northhampton