Pieter Casteels III

The Flemish painter and printmaker Pieter Casteels III was born in Antwerp in 1684 and died in Richmond in 1749. He studied painting with his father, the landscape painter Pieter Casteels II. In 1708, he travelled to England with his brother-in-law Peter Tillemans; the two worked for the picture dealer Turner, producing copies of old master works, among other things. After a brief return to Antwerp in 1712, he settled in England around 1717.

His work is associated in particular with flowers, game and birds, subjects he treated in both painting and printmaking. In England, he painted flowers and exotic birds intended mainly for interior decoration, including fireplace panels and overdoors. Alongside his work as an artist, he was also an art dealer and importer of European paintings.

In 1726, Casteels launched a subscription for twelve engravings of birds made after his own drawings. The success of this project encouraged him, according to the source, to undertake two further publications: “Twelve Months of Flowers” and “Twelve Months of Fruit”. A signed still life with a parrot, oil on canvas, 64 × 50.3 cm, is attributed to him in a sale notice. The published provenance of this work mentions Waterman-Heiniger, in Basel, in 1976, followed by a Dutch private collection and a Swiss private collection.

Works recorded at auction

Schuler · Lot 3208

Nachfolger des 18

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Nachfolger des 18
Öl auf Leinwand

Catalogue period : 2024-06-12

Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed

Estimate : CHF 2000–4000

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Piguet

"Nature morte au perroquet"

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

"Nature morte au perroquet"
huile sur toile

Catalogue period : 2022-11-24 — 2022-12-07

Published result : 4000 CHF

Fees not specified in the available data

Estimate : CHF 5000–7000

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DognyAuction

Still life with a vase

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Nature morte au vase
huile sur toile

Date to be documented

Published result : 3743 CHF

Fees not specified in the available data

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Piguet

Suiveur de Pieter III Casteels — Nature morte aux fleurs,

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Suiveur de Pieter III Casteels — Nature morte aux fleurs,
huile sur toile
suiveur de

Catalogue period : 2025-09-11 — 2025-09-24

Follower of

Published result : 1900 CHF

Fees not specified in the available data

Estimate : CHF 2000–3000

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