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A Pair of Paintings

Creator: Pieter Frans Casteels
Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
A Pair of Paintings
Rabbit and Pheasants with Their Young
Ducks and Ducklings on the Edge of a Lake
Oil on canvas

Condition: Fine condition, lined (see full condition report)

Pieter Casteels III was best known for his birds and animal paintings but also produced significant fruit and flower still life paintings. He came to London in 1708 and was Director of Kneller's Great Queen Street Academy by 1711. After Casteels became a master in 1713 he returned from Antwerp to then primarily paint in London, at Tooting and then at Richard. This rare pair of paintings once belonged in the collection of 18th century sporting paintings, some of which were commissioned by the fourth Earl of Craven, who died in 1764.

More Information

Period:	18th Century
Condition:	Excellent.
Creation Date:	1700's
Styles / Movements:	Realism
Dealer Reference #:	WoA-C/E-OC 356
Incollect Reference #:	186475

Dimensions

W.	46.25 in;	H.	29 in;
W.	117.48 cm;	H.	73.66 cm;

Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.