X-radiograph(s) of "Mark Antony Visiting Cleopatra after His Defeat of Octavian"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: Straus.8988
People: Artist of original: Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder, German (Haina, Germany 1722 - 1789 Kassel, Germany)
Title: X-radiograph(s) of "Mark Antony Visiting Cleopatra after His Defeat of Octavian"
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: x-radiograph, photograph
Date: September 30, 2016
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/358729

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
Object Number: Straus.8988
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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Description: X-radiograph Operator: Andrea von Hedenstroem

Duration of session:1

Total number of exposures: 1

Material Description: oil on glue-lined canvas

Radiation source: Comet tube

Exposure settings: 35kV 5mA 60seconds 140cm focal distance

Filtration used: none

Screens used: none

Scanning notes: laser power high, 12-bit logarithmic data scale, PMT 10, 50 micron scan resolution

Image manipulation notes: DCM files converted to TIFF, levels adjusted in Photoshop