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

catalogue 666 2. Anonymous, Votive Painting with the Intercession of the Virgin and with the Donor, Canon Art van Pyringhen , 1497 (date of the death of the donor) Bibliography: Verougstraete-Marcq and Van Schoute 1979, 29-34; Van Schoute and Verougstraete 1996, 64-66. Panel : four vertically butt-joined boards. An open joint shows the V-notches cut into the sides of the panels for a better adhesion of the glue. There are no dowels. The panel is 1.1 cm thick. Three of the boards have saw-marks. In raking light one can see that the wood has been worked on the front with a scratching blade. The wood is of low quality; on the reverse, the third board from the left is crown cut (rather than (semi) radially cut) and is cracked. The right hand board also is cracked. The four sides present an irregular bevel ± 4 cm wide. Frame: mortise and tenons joints, each strengthened with one peg. The whole forms a tabernacle. The lower rail bears the inscription identifying the donor and the date of his death. The other three elements are moulded. The scalloped crown is assembled in half-lap format and pegged to the top of the frame. The function of certain pegs in the upper part is difficult to determine. In the upper rail, suspension/holding holes and old (non-original?) metal fittings. Polychromy largely original.