X-radiograph(s) of "The Lamentation over the Dead Christ"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: Straus.8389
People: Artist of original: Master of the Fogg Pietà, Italian (c. 1300 - 1350)
Title: X-radiograph(s) of "The Lamentation over the Dead Christ"
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph, x-radiograph
Date: December 12, 2008
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/347882

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
Object Number: Straus.8389
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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Description: X-Radiograph Description: X-Radiograph (4 films against face-reveal canvas; 1 film against verso - not as good; 2 films at 50KV)

X-Radiograph Settings: 30 KV, 5 mA, 5 minute, 45 seconds, 50" from tube; Lorad, Kodak

Burroughs Number: 4819

X-Radiograph(s) of:
Artist: Master of the Fogg Pieta, Italian, active 14th century
Title: The Lamentation over the Dead Christ
Date: 1330
Description: Thick poplar panel (1 1/4") with canvas layer under gesso. Lauren Cox Fellowship Project;
Owner: Harvard University Art Museums
Object Number: 1927.306