Pieter Casteels III (Antwerp 1684 – 1749 Richmond) signed and dated, Floral still life

Pieter Casteels III (Antwerp 1684 – 1749 Richmond)
Signed and dated lower left, on the stone 'P Casteels F. 1729

Floral still life with roses, peonies, daisies and other flowers in a carved vase resting on an antique frieze

oil painting on canvas
79 x 83 cm. – In frame 96 x 102 cm.

provenance:
Christie's, New York, 26 January 2005, lot 14 (link)
Lempertz, Cologne, May 20, 2017, lot 1114 (link)

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Superb quality and compositional refinement are the characteristics that distinguish this magnificent still life, a jewel signed by the Antwerp master Pieter Casteels III (Antwerp 1684 – 1749 Richmond): the work shows a rich floral composition, with roses, peonies, daisies and other flowers overflowing from a sculpted vase, resting on an ancient frieze with a classicising relief.

The still life documents in an excellent way the expressive qualities of the painter, capable in his creations of realizing a sequence of similar compositions but without falling into the banality of the illustrative replica, showing a descriptive sensitivity of notable visual impact and refinement.

The still life, painted in 1729, is therefore a work from his mature artistic phase, the period most appreciated by collectors, since he preferred very complex and sumptuous compositions, often placed against a landscape background, with rather large formats.

From a stylistic point of view, these works follow a taste which, from the manner of Gaspar Peter Verbruggen, evolves towards forms which are not only typical of the Netherlands, but which can easily be defined as European, with typically Italian inflections, winking at painters active in the Roman-Neapolitan environment such as Gasparo Lopez, Francesco Lavagna and Nicola Malinconico.

Pieter Casteels was born into a well-established family of painters in Amsterdam. He moved to England in 1708 and quickly made a name for himself in the London art world. After a short stay in Antwerp, he settled permanently in London in 1717. Since Castells spent most of his life in England, most of his works are now in private collections and British museums.

Among the paintings that can be compared, we can see the two still lifes with flowers above sculpted basins, one of which is signed and dated 1729, sold by Christie's, London, on 6 November 1964, or the still life in a garden sold by Sotheby's, also in London, on 10 December 2015 (lot 134).

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