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

catalogue 280 The observations made a quarter-century ago have been updated and completed for the present on-line edition. Fortunately very few original frames have disappeared between 1989 and 2014. To which we should add that very few paintings have disappeared, but the closure of convents for lack of vocations have left us uncertain of the fate of one or the other work. Certain paintings from private collections have changed hands, and we have been unable to trace them. To our original list we have added three paintings which, following intensive treatment in the workshop of Jef Van der Veken (1872-1964), have entered museum collections. The (in)famous restorer/counterfeiter of the Flemish Primitives, who worked for almost three quarters of a century, at times covered his tracks, both for frames and paintings. We have also added to the catalogue − out of interest in the technique used − a painting from a private collection, painted on paper and pasted onto a wood support. LIST OF WORKS EXAMINED The works are classified by sites of conservation arranged alphabetically and within each location, as far as possible, chronologically. The list ends with a small number of works from private collections. Some works, where the original frame is lost, have been included because of the particular interest of the support. The bibliography is limited to works that refer specifically to the supports and the frames, or provide information on the provenance of the works. Antwerp, Mayer van den Bergh Museum (MVB) 1. Rogier van der Weyden (follower), Virgin and Child , 1488 or 1441 (inv. no. 0004) 2. Master of the St Ursula Legend, Portrait of a Woman with a Pink , second half 15th century (inv. no. 0008) 3. Hans Memling (workshop), Virgin and Child , second half 15th century (inv. no. 0007) 4. Master of the Prado Redemption, Lamentation , 1470 (inv. no. 0003) 5. Anonymous, Triptych of the Nativity with Gideon , last quarter 15th century (inv. no. 0011) 6. Master of the Magdalen Legend, Triptych with Virgin and Child , late 15th century (?) (inv. no. 0022) 7. Anonymous, Salvator Mundi , late 15th century (inv. no. 0016) 8. Master of Frankfurt (workshop), Virgin and Child with a Pear , c. 1500 (inv. no. 0188.1) 9. Anonymous, Triptych of St Christopher, St Jerome and St Anthony , c. 1500 (inv. no. 0024) 10. Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen, Man of Sorrows , c. 1510 (inv. no. 0103) 11. Antwerp Anonymous, Triptych with Virgo inter Virgines , early 16th century (inv. no. 0037) 12. Master of 1518 (follower), Triptych of the Adoration of the Magi , c. 1518 (inv. no. 0033)