X-radiograph(s) of "Pieta" 

Editor: This is an X-radiograph of "Pieta" by Jan Brueghel the Elder, currently at the Harvard Art Museums. It looks like a ghostly image of a painting. What can an x-ray tell us about a work of art? Curator: Well, it's like peeking behind the curtain. Imagine Brueghel, layer upon layer, each brushstroke now a whisper revealed. This shows us the artist’s process, the hidden anatomy of the painting itself. Fascinating, isn't it, to see the bones of creation? Editor: So, it's kind of like an archeological dig of the artist’s mind? Curator: Precisely! It’s a conversation across time, where science unveils the secrets held within the artistic soul. I find it profoundly moving. Editor: I never thought about art in that way. Now I see how much these technical images can teach us.