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

BRUGES, GROENINGE MUSEUM 441 13. Bruges Anonymous, two wings . Closed: Episodes of the legend of the Phrophet Elisha and the Widow. Open: Adoration of the Sheperds; Adoration of the Magi , first quarter 16th century Inv. nos. 0000.GRO0212.I-0213.I Provenance: the rough, heavy cloth of the prophet Elisha’s garment could mean that the panels come from the Carmelite Church. The work is reported for the first time in the 1847 catalogue of the Academy Museum. Bibliography: De Vos 1982, 39-41. The two supports being similar, we describe that of the Adoration of the Shepherds. Panel: two boards, slotted into the groove of the frame. Frame: grooved, with slotted joints and two pegs at each corner, mixed cut at front and cut square on the reverse. The sides have been planed. The original polychromy (greyish marbling on the outside, black and gold inside) was brought to the surface again during restoration in the Museum workshop (1976-1979).