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

catalogue 648 13. Frans Francken II (attributed to), Crucifixion , between 1581 and 1642 Inv. no. S/19/F Provenance: purchased from S. Mansion in 1967 by the Association for the Enrichment of the Artistic Heritage. Bibliography: Crab 1977, 117. Panel: two boards; the panel has been thinned for cradling. Frame: double, consisting of an inner part and an outer part, both rebated. The elements of the outer frame are assembled with slotted joints, mitred at the front and cut square at the back, with tenon shoulders angled to the back. Two pins on either side of the mitre strengthen the joint. The wide interior frame has half-lap joints, with a mixed cut to accommodate the moulding on the inside of the frame. Each joint is reinforced with four pegs. The flaring of the outer edge of the outer frame is uncommon in the series of frames that we have examined. The bevelling of the back lower edge is also uncommon at this date, but appears to become more common in Dutch 17th century frames (Monballieu 1966, 52-55; Van Thiel and De Bruyn Kops, 1984; Ibid. , 1995).