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

catalogue 520 4. Hugo van der Goes (follower), Virgin and Child , last quarter 15th century Inv. no. 4506 Provenance: 19th century: Private Collection, Italy; Böhler Gallery, Munich. 10 July 1923, acquired at the Onnes van Nijenrode auction in Amsterdam, Frederik Muller (no. 9). Bibliography: Pauwels 1984, 121; Stroo et al. 1999, 234-243; Bücken and Steyaert 2013, 177. Panel: one single board, inserted into its grooved original frame. The reverse of the panel is bevelled on all four edges. Frame: carries the mark of the Brussels guild of joiners (compass and plane), stamped into the butt-end of the lower rail. Upper joints are dovetail, mitred at the front, cut square at the back. The lower joints are mortise and tenon (tenon on the stile, with the shoulder angled to the inclined sill). None of the joints are pegged. The worn polychromy is original. The gilded mouldings appear to have been covered originally with little flowers. There are no traces of hinges.