Pieter Casteels III
Ref: EFA0013
1684 -1749
Still life of Summer Flowers in a Basket with Fruit.
Circa 1730
Oil On Canvas
32 ¾ x 48 ¼ inches
83.1 x 122.5 cm
Presented in a 17th century Italian carved gilt frame.
Ref: EFA0013
1684 -1749
Still life of Summer Flowers in a Basket with Fruit.
Circa 1730
Oil On Canvas
32 ¾ x 48 ¼ inches
83.1 x 122.5 cm
Presented in a 17th century Italian carved gilt frame.
Ref: EFA0013
1684 -1749
Still life of Summer Flowers in a Basket with Fruit.
Circa 1730
Oil On Canvas
32 ¾ x 48 ¼ inches
83.1 x 122.5 cm
Presented in a 17th century Italian carved gilt frame.
PROVENANCE:
Acquired from The collection of the Late Edgar Wigan, Bradstone Brook, Shalford.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
The son of the Flemish painter Pieter Casteels II (referred to as Casteels the Younger) whom he studied under. While Casteels II was best known for his capriccio harbour scenes and landscapes of his native Antwerp, Casteels III worked primarily in England, where he immigrated in 1708 at the age of 24 and began his career copying Old Master.
Casteels III painted still lives of flowers, and bird and game scenes, and in 1726 produced a volume of twelve plates of bird etchings. Following the success of the publication, he created similar volumes for both flowers and fruit. Pieter Casteels III departed Antwerp with his brother-in-law, the sporting painter Peter Tillemans, for England in 1708, rapidly ascending within London's artistic community.
After a brief return to Antwerp in 1712, the year he became a member in the city's painter’s guild, Casteels settled permanently in England in 1717, where he gained fame for his decorative depictions of flowers and exotic birds. He specialised in paintings of assemblies of birds often set against elaborate, architectural backdrops, much in the manner of Melchior de Hondecoeter.
ABOUT THE SUBJECT:
This fine and highly decorative 18th century Dutch floral piece gathers a colourful group of flowers and fruits in a landscape setting. A study of the flowers find recurring elements such as a variety of flora with intense colours and elements that allow easy recognition of the artist.
