Focus on Lamentation of Christ (Bouts) and explain the Condition.
Scholars have consistently remarked upon the panel's satisfactory condition. The painting's whereabouts are unclear prior to 1871; it received conservation treatments in 1951, 1957, 1972, 1974, and 1978. It has been loaned to at least two exhibitions in the 20th century.At least five copies of the Bouts treatment of the subject exist, listed in catalogs by Max Friedländer and Wolfgang Schoene, including pictures now in the Städel Museum and the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. The Madrid example is the center panel of a triptych, and now ascribed to the Master of the Legend of Saint Lucy.
Städel Museum triptych Städel Max Friedländer Master of the Legend of Saint Lucy Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza