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

CATALOGUE 392 15. Anonymous, Triptych of the Adoration of the Magi . Open: wings: text in gold paint on black background, 1545 (dated above the gilded biblical texts) Inv. no. O.SJ0194.I Bibliography: Lobelle and Van Cleven 1976, 580-581, S.75. Panels: central panel made of two boards, painted out of the frame (no barbe or unpainted edge). Thickness: between 0.8 and 1.3 cm. Reverse: wood split, not sawn; partial bevel. Wings: single board, 0.5 cm thick. Frames: central frame replaced (softwood). Wings: slotted joints, top: cut square on both faces; bottom: cut square on outside, mitred on inside. Oblique cut of the front shoulder of the tenon. Black and gold polychromy, redone; black paint on the outside of the wings covers the original black colour.