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

Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium 515 2. Anonymous, Virgin and Child , c. 1500 Inv. no. 714 Provenance: earlier repositories? Registered at the Museum before 1848. Bibliography: Pauwels 1984, 389; Dubois et al. 2009, 210-218. Integral frame. Panel and frame are carved from a single oak board. The stiles and the upper rail of the frame exhibit a continuous ogee moulding. The lower stile has an inclined sill. The reverse is covered with a non-original black paint layer. The support has split down its entire length and been subsequently glued and reinforced with four strips of canvas. Old, non-original hanging device. The gilding has been renewed at least once and the flat outer side bears consecutive paint layers covering an original blue colour.