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

CHAPTER VIII 144 We have distinguished the following moulded frames: – frames with a single body of moulding: ogee, cavetto, cavetto with beading – listel frames – frames with two (or three) bodies of mouldings, having one flat band between two bodies of moulding, or two flat bands between three bodies of moulding. These frames have been classified by the appearance of the outer body of mouldings that can be cavetto, ogee, or ovolo (quarter-round with protruding squared edges). This second body of mouldings can extend to form a casing – other frames  Chronologically, these various mouldings divide up frames as follows: with single body of mouldings with listel with two (or three) bodies of mouldings ogee beaded cavetto cavetto ogee ovolo late 14th cent. 1 1st half 15th century 1 4 2nd half 15th century 20 17 6 1st half 16th century 4 28 2 13 12 2 2nd half 16th century 2 7 14 5 early 17th cent. 1 5 A. Frames with a single body of mouldings 1. Ogee We have examined 26 frames with ogee mouldings ranging between c. 1400 and 1507 (fig. 70). In all but 5 cases, the lower rail is an inclined sill, either straight or concave. 9 ogee frames are cut directly into the same wood as that of the panel (integral or semi-integral frames). The simplicity of the ogee moulding was well suited to the difficult task of cutting into the panel itself. Ogee moulding remains in the 16th century in frames with double bodies of mouldings, in this case on the inside of the frame, next to the painting.