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

BRUGES, St JOHN’S HOSPITAL 405 19. Anonymous, Adoration of the Magi , second half 16th century (dated 15[?]6 on bottom flat band of the frame. Gap at the location of the figure indicating the decade) Inv. no. O.SJ0161.I Panel: three vertical, butt-joined boards; on the reverse: wood part-sawn, part-split. The panel is 0.8 to 0.9 cm thick. Painted side: a narrow unpainted edge confirms that the picture was painted in the frame. Two non-original rails have been glued to the reverse. Frame: rebated. The upper curved part has an originally added piece at its top, butt- joined and held in place with ironwork. Slotted joints, mitred at the front, cut square on reverse. Two pegs reinforce each joint. Two holes on the underside of the frame indicate that the painting was originally placed on a pedestal. Hinge traces on the sides tell us that the panel was the central part of a triptych. The black and gold polychromy is largely original.