X-radiograph(s) of "Madonna and Child (left half of diptych) (see Gerard David for right half with David, Bishop and Donors)"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: Straus.6272
People: Artist of original: Follower of Rogier van der Weyden, Netherlandish (c. 1399 - 1464)
Title: X-radiograph(s) of "Madonna and Child (left half of diptych) (see Gerard David for right half with David, Bishop and Donors)"
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: x-radiograph, photograph
Date: between June 3, 1945 and May 16, 1947
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/345765

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
Object Number: Straus.6272
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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Description: unframed, 4-ply mat, reuse existing hingesX-Radiograph Description: X-radiograph; Tracing-Mylar overlay of a Madonna and Child by the Master of St Ursula Legend in the Met, NY, which is close to 1906.6A; Portion of Picture covered: ca.75%;

X-Radiograph Settings: #1 : 22 kv, 3 ma, 2 min., 41"; #2 : Traverse focus, 22 kv, 3 ma, 2 min., 41"; #4 : Traverse focus, 20 degrees to plane of rotation, 22 kv, 6 ma, 3 min., 41"; #5 : Traverse focus, 70 degrees to plane of rotation, 22 kv, 6 ma, 3 min., 41";

Burroughs Number: 2068

X-Radiograph(s) of:
Artist: Follower of Rogier van der Weyden
Title: Madonna and Child (left half of diptych) (see Gerard David for right half with David, Bishop and Donors)
Date: ca.1480
Description: Oil (and tempera?) on panel; 55.5 cm. x 35.7 cm., actual
Owner: Harvard University Art Museums
Object Number: 1906.6.A