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

catalogue 560 20. Bruges Anonymous, Portrait of a Young Woman as Mary Magdalen, second quarter 16th century Inv. no. 2603 Provenance: acquired from Duke Engelbert d’Arenberg, Brussels, 1873. Bibliography: Pauwels 1984, 379. Panel: a single board slotted into the groove of the frame. A large irregular bevel permits insertion into the groove. The reverse features large areas of torn fibres typical of split wood. Frame: slotted joints, mitred at front, cut square on reverse. No traces of hinges on the sides of the frames (?). The black and gold polychromy has been clumsily redone.