X-radiograph(s) of "Summer Scene"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: Straus.8835
People: Artist of original: Jean Frédéric Bazille, French (Montpelier 1841 - 1870 Beaune-la-Rolande)
Title: X-radiograph(s) of "Summer Scene"
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: x-radiograph, photograph
Date: August 11, 2015
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/354201

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
Object Number: Straus.8835
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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Description: X-radiograph Operators present: Kate Smith Teri Hensick

Duration of radiography session: 5

Total number of exposures: 12

Material Description – oil on canvas

Radiation source- Comet tube

Exposure settings-
60 kV
5 mA
120 seconds
338 cm focal distance

Filtration used: none

Screens used: none

Set up/sequencing notes:

Scanning notes: laser power high, PMT 10, 16-bit linear data scale, 50 micron scan resolution

Image manipulation notes: DCM files converted to TIFF, assembled into composite in Photoshop