How do you X-ray a painting? | AIC Institute Shorts @artinstitutechi

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Learn more about the various tools of painting conservation with special projects associate conservator Gerrit Albertson, and see "The Family Concert" on view in Gallery 212. bit.ly/4jKCkeY

Work shown: Jan Steen. "The Family Concert," 1666. Gift of Timothy B. Blackstone.

How do you X-ray a painting? | AIC Institute Shorts

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