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

catalogue 526 7. Master of the St Catherine Legend, Portrait of Philip of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein , c. 1500 Inv. no. 3607 Provenance: gift from Mr Garnier-Heldewier in 1901 to the Museum. Bibliography: Pauwels 1984, 391; Syfer-d’Olne et al . 2006, 280-289. Integral frame. Single board, radially cut. No traces of holding system either on the top or on the lower rail. The gilding of the mouldings is an overpainting. The original polychromy was black on the flat surround and black marbled with red on the mouldings and the inclined sill. The sill carries the inscription in black Ph[illip]e de rauestain duc en clève . Traces of black colour on the sides and back, but with no preparatory layer.