Frames and supports in 15th and 16th-century Southern Netherlandish painting

DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF FRAMES 139 Bruges, OLPM , no. 10 (Anonymous, Last Supper ); Leuven, SP, no. 3 (Josse van der Baren, Triptych of St Ivo ); PC, no. 4 (Jacques Franquart?, The Ascent to Calvary ); Bruges, OLPM, no. 12 (Anonymous, Triptych with Virgin and Child ). · Same joint with mixed cut at the back, for adjusting the mitre to the moulding at the back of the frames of the wings This joint occurred in 2 cases: Brussels, RMFAB , no. 26 (Anonymous, double pair of wings from the Polyptych of the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin ); Brussels, RMFAB , no. 27 (Jan II van Coninxloo, wings of a carved altarpiece with Scenes from the Life of St Benedict ). · The same joint (a) is sometimes associated with other joints at the bottom when the lower rail has an inclined sill. The joint between the stiles and the lower rail can be tenon and mortise, with the tenon either on the rail (b) or the stile (c). It can also be a simple slotted joint (d) (fig. 19: 9-10 , 22 ) This system is applied in 14 cases: Bruges, SJH , no. 9 (d) (follower of Rogier van der Weyden, Deposition ); Antwerp, MVB , no. 8 (d) (workshop of Master of Frankfurt, Virgin and Child with a Pear ); Antwerp, RMFA , no. 8 (c) (central panel of the Triptych of Abbot Antonius Tsgrooten by Goossen van der Weyden); Bruges, GM , no. 8 (c) (Bruges Anonymous, Adoration of the Magi ); Antwerp, RMFA , no. 9 (d) (Master of 1518, Decollation of St John ); Antwerp, RMFA , no. 10 (c) (Bernard van Orley, Triptych of the Last Judgement ); Bruges, OLPM , no. 2 (d) (workshop of Adriaen Isenbrant, Triptych of the Descent from the Cross ); Antwerp, MVB , no. 13 (c) (Quinten Metsys, Triptych with Christ on the Cross and Donors ); Brussels, RMFAB , no. 12 (d) (Brussels Anonymous, Triptych of the Virgin and Child ); Brussels, RMFAB , no. 17 (d) (Anonymous, Annunciation ); Bruges, GM , no. 14 (follower of Hieronymus Bosch, Triptych of Job ); Brussels, RMFAB , no. 19 (c) (workshop of Quinten Metsys, Triptych of the Calvary ); Brussels, RMFAB , no. 21 (b) (Albrecht Bouts, Triptych of the Assumption of the Virgin ); Bruges, SJH , no. 20 (b) (Anonymous, Triptych with Scenes from the Life of St Nicholas ).