X-radiograph(s) of "Crucifixion (copy ?)" 

Curator: This is an X-radiograph of "Crucifixion (copy ?)," after Peter Paul Rubens, housed here at the Harvard Art Museums. The film measures 14 x 17 inches. Editor: Ghostly. It looks like a soul trying to escape from a canvas. Curator: The image reveals underlayers, alterations, and the material structure of the artwork. It is a window into the creative process, or perhaps processes, of an unknown artist. Editor: Makes you wonder about the hands that copied Rubens, and the secrets hidden beneath the visible brushstrokes. There's a certain poetry in seeing the unseen, don't you think? Curator: Indeed. The X-ray unveils a dialogue between original and copy, structure and surface. Editor: Art revealing art. Profound.