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

BRUGES, GROENINGE MUSEUM 433 9. Jan Provoost, two wings with Donors , between 1515 and 1521 Inv. nos. 0000.GRO0216.I-0217.I Provenance: according to the 1847 catalogue, the panels came (along with The Miser and The Death which are their original outside face, inv. no. 0000.GRO0218.I) from the former Dominican Convent of Bruges. Probably placed in 1797 or 1798 in the Museum of the Central School and later transferred (around 1804?) to the City Hall. Transferred in 1828 from the City Hall to the Academy Museum. Bibliography: De Vos 1982, 198-199. As the two supports are similar, we describe that of the male donor. Panel: sawn along the grain at an undetermined point in time to separate from The Death. Two vertical boards, planed and cradled. The planing has exposed the dowel holes. Frame: incomplete and the outer edge is missing. At the top: slotted joint, mitred, no visible pegging, slotted joint at bottom. Stile does not descend over full width of rail. The gilded polychromy is partially original.