Northern French School, circa 1480

Collection of Catalina von Pannwitz, Berlin and Amsterdam.

Both of these canvases have stiff older relinings. To the naked eye the paint layer on both is stable. The canvas on the angel with the gilded drapery bending, but stiff and not moving. No significant losses are visible though thinnesses are perceptible mostly in the corners of the compositions. Retouches are not visible under UV. Both pictures are in carved gilt wood frames.
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The arms are probably those of d'Ouffet, of Liège and Schaeck, of Flanders (see  J. B. Rietstap, Armorial Général, Lyon 1950, vol II, pp. 367 and 683).