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

catalogue 672 Tournai, Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) 1. Anonymous, Genealogy of St Francis , 15th century Inv. no. 337 Provenance: Fauquez Collection. Panel: four horizontal butt-joined boards. These appear to be recycled given the notches along at least one inner join . The panel, which is 1.0 to 1.2 cm thick, is rebated at the back to fit into the groove of the frame. Frame: grooved. Mortise and tenon joints, mixed cut at front, cut square at the back. The tenon appears in a damaged corner. The upper rail has at the top a 0.8 cm unpainted edge and a barbe, telling us that this frame originally had a small strip of wood glued to the inside, which has since disappeared.