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

catalogue 646 12. Jan III van Rillaert the Younger, Resurrection of Christ , between 1547 and 1592 (monogrammed in the lower left corner ) Inv. no. S/9/R Provenance: Leuven, Church of St Peter, where the work is mentioned in 1798. Property of the City of Leuven, on deposit with the Museum since 1976. Bibliography: Crab 1977, 274. Panel: recycled support. Three vertical boards. To the left, dowels have been exposed by the bevelling of the edge. Similarly, a dowel flush with the surface on the right- hand join shows that the boards come from an earlier assembly consisting of more and thicker boards. The wood, which is heavily woodwormed, has been reinforced recently with dovetails and buttons. Old forged nails, perhaps original, remain to hold the panel in the frame. Frame: inner frame probably with slotted joints, surrounded with a “box” (or “tray”) frame, protruding considerably and pegged to the original frame. This outer frame, with mitred corners, is recessed at the back at the top. This may relate to the way the painting was presented. The interior frame is decorated with 2 cm wide corbels, glued to the flat band. This system of decoration was to become common in the 17th century. Some parts of the frame could also be recycled: the left stile and the lower rail (reverse) are traversed by large pegs for which there is no obvious explanation. Black frame with inner gilded moulding, overpainted. The corbels were originally gilded.