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

ANTWERP, MAYER VAN DEN BERGH MUSEUM 323 17. Marcellus Coffermans, Enthroned Virgin and Child with Musician Angels , third quarter 16th century Inv. no. 0021 Provenance: purchased in 1900 from art dealer Ulrich in Brussels. Bibliography: De Coo 1966, 47. Panel: three vertically-placed boards; painted in the frame. The joints are covered at the back with a non-original canvas strip. Frame: the upper joints are dovetailed, those below have through mortise and tenon joints, with the tenon in the stile; mitre cuts above, mixed cuts below. The joints are not pegged. There is a hanging/holding hole in the upper rail. The polychromy in black and gold seems original. The sides of the frame are also painted black. The upper rail contains a mark (uncertain reading).