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

ANTWERP, ROYAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS 349 a b c d a-b. Ensemble front and reverse. c. The old parts in grey. In red the interventions of Van der Veken. These interventions can be simple glazes (dark red) or thick overpaintings (bright red). Sometimes Van der Veken sanded the old paint layer back to the cracked ground that he kept. On top of this he painted a composition of his own, taking advantage of the old cracking (red hatching). d. Old photograph from Van der Veken’s archives, showing the state of the work prior to Van der Veken’s embellishments.