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

BRUGES, St JOHN’S HOSPITAL 409 21. Pieter Claeissens the Younger, Carrying of the Cross , 1616 (signed and dated at bottom right of the panel) Inv. O.SJ0162.I Bibliography: Lobelle and Van Cleven 1976, 588, S.82. Panel: five boards placed horizontally with tongue-and-groove joints. The positioning of the boards – soft edge towards the centre – is recognizable on the reverse owing to the stepped effect due to variations in the thickness of the boards at the joins. This stepping effect is due to the fact of the boards being thicker at the soft edge due to the splitting. The panel was painted outside the frame. It has a wide bevel on the back. Frame: rebated; mitred half-lap joints with inclined shoulder. The joints are not pegged, but nailed from the side. The suspension fittings are original and help strengthen the joints. The polychromy has been redone.