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

catalogue 474 27. Bruges Anonymous, painting called De Beer , before 1604 Inv. no. 0000.GRO1310.I Bibliography: not mentioned in De Vos 1982. Panel: four wide vertical boards, the left one was originally completed by small boards at both bottom and top, where today there is a restoration. Two narrow strips, scarf-joined to each other, complete the support to the right. The boards are assembled with butt joins and dowels. The latter have been inserted very crudely, breaking the surface of the wood both at the front and the back of the panel. There are three dowels per join. Several are broken. The wood of the panel, which is more or less 1.2 cm thick, has many knots. The date (1604) is inscribed on the painting, however, this covers an underlying composition: reuse of an older support? Frame: the frame is pegged to the boards, the pins are square in section. Two nails per board, located at the back, consolidate the support-frame assembly. The various little pieces are also nailed. Mediocre joinery, low quality wood, re-used, for a mediocre painting.