Castle Wilhelmshöhe

The Art X-Ray machine of the

Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel - Schloss Wilhelmshöhe

Kassel, Germany

View from the monitoring camera onto the X-ray system of the Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel

Technical data

Maximum mountable size of painting (W x H): 340 cm x 280 cm
Maximum size of the X-ray image (W x H) 300 cm x 280 cm
36'000 x 33'600 pixels
1'210 megapixels
Resolution of the X-ray image: 300 DPI
Pixelsize 0.083 mm
X-ray system: 20 kV – 100 kV
1600 W
Special features: removable painting holder

The Art X-Ray machine on German Television

The Leda-Code

The painting "Leda mit ihren Kindern" by Giampietrino, a student of Leonardo da Vinci, has posed a number of puzzles for art historians. Thanks to modern research methods such as the Art X-Ray X-ray system, interesting details about this masterpiece have been revealed.

The report starts at 8:40, the Art X-Ray machine is shown from 10:09.

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Video in German, no subtitles available

Exploring the Rembrandt Mysteries

The television station "Hessischer Rundfunk" reported on the Rembrandt collection in Kassel, including the X-ray examination of the painting "Bildnis Rembrandts mit verschatteten Augen“.

The report starts at 18:35, the Art X-Ray machine is shown from 21:33.

Video in German, no subtitles available

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