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

catalogue 460 21. Bruges Anonymous, The Healing of the Woman with a Flow of Blood , 1561 (dated in the lower corner on the panel) Inv. no. 0000.GRO1444.I Provenance: Archaeological Society (acquisition data unknown). Bibliography: De Vos 1982, 54. Panel: three boards; slotted into the groove of the frame: moulded on the inner edge on the reverse (re-used support? work intended to be viewed from both sides?). The moulding of a panel on the reverse is rare in 15th and 16th century supports. Another example is preserved: a wing with St Nicholas of Myra ( Leuven, MM , no. 10 ). The painting is intended to be placed at an angle, like obiit tablets. The joins are reinforced at the back with modern buttons. Frame: the four elements of the framework are assembled with slotted joints. Each joint is strengthened with two pegs. The upper sides of the diamond are surmounted by a cornice. The lower edge is consolidated with an early fitting. The polychromy is old, and possibly original. Some bodies of mouldings are in yellow or brownish-ochre paint that seems to replace the traditional gilding.