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

EVOLUTION OF THE MOULDINGS OF FRAMES 149 B. Listel frames The listel that appears on some late 15th century frames from Bruges marks the beginning of an evolution from frames with a single body of mouldings to frames having two (or three) bodies of mouldings separated by one (or two) flat band(s) (fig. 73). All frames by Hans Memling conserved in the St John’s Hospital in Bruges have a listel. In these works, the body of moulding nearest the painting has either a cavetto, or an ogee or a beaded cavetto moulding. In each case the lower rail is an inclined sill. Other late 15th century frames in Bruges take over the listel. In one case (fig. 73: 6) the listel is a small strip of wood, added from the start. In some works, an outer edge is painted black and constitutes a trompe-l’œil listel. This painted black edge is found in the Scenes of the Invention of the Cross by an anonymous painter (Bruges, SJH , no. 7 ). A similar edge is found in the Virgin at the Fountain by Jan van Eyck (Antwerp, RMFA , no. 3 ) where it was roughly executed on top of marbling. It was deemed to be not original and removed. Fig. 72 (continued). Frames with a single body of mouldings: cavetto moulding with beading. 45. Brussels, RMFAB , no. 8 (Jan Mostaert, Triptych of Albrecht Adriaensz. van Adrichem, Alderman of Haarlem ). 46. Antwerp, MVB , no. 10 (Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen, Man of Sorrows ). 47. Bruges, SJH , no. 8 (entourage of Dirk Bouts, The Supper at Simon’s House ). 48. Paris, Louvre, inv. nos. 1442- 1443 (Jan Gossart, Carondelet Diptych) . 49. Bruges, GM , no. 14 (follower of Hieronymus Bosch, Triptych of Job ). 50. Mechelen, PWC , no. 1 (Anonymous, Dance of the Virtues ). 51. Bruges, SJH , no. 17 (Anonymous, Jesus with Martha and Mary ). Fig. 73. Listel Frames. Bruges : 1. Bruges, SJH , no. 1 (Hans Memling, The St John Altarpiece ). 2. Bruges, SJH , no. 2 (Hans Memling, Jan Floreins Triptych ). 3. Bruges, SJH , no. 4 (Hans Memling, Reins Triptych ). 4. Bruges, GM , no. 17 (Adriaen Isenbrant, Triptych of the Virgin and Child with St John and St Jerome ). 5. Bruges, SJH , no. 3 (Hans Memling, The Sibyl Sambetha ). 6. Antwerp, MVB , no. 2 (Master of the St Ursula Legend, Portrait of a Woman with a Pink ). 7. Bruges, SJH, no. 10 (Anonymous, Man of Sorrows ). 8. Bruges, GM , 13 (follower of Hans Memling, Virgin and Child ). 1517 1545 45 46 48 05 94 74 51 Other or not defined 1479 1479 1480 1480 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Bruges