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

catalogue 684 3. Brabant Anonymous, Triptych of the Crucifixion . Closed: black. Open: wings: St Lawrence ; St Jerome , 1615 (dated on the wing of St Jerome ) Provenance: Alexian Monastery, Antwerp. Boechout, Alexian Brothers. Bibliography: Bessemans 1985, 247-250. Panels: the vertical boards (three for the central portion, two for each wing) are joined with tongue and groove. Frames: the frames are applied and nailed to the panels from the back. The hinges are flared, partially folded between the frame and the panel, and recessed into the sides of the central frame and the wings. Rebates on the outer sides of the wings enable them to be closed tight. Summary joinery, in line with the provincial character of the painting. The polychromy has been redone.