Birds in a Landscape
Pieter Casteels (Antwerp 1684 – Richmond 1749)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1722 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1511 x 1352 mm (59 1/2 x 53 1/4 in)
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire (Accredited Museum)
On show at
Attingham Park, Shropshire, Midlands, National Trust
NT 608987
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Birds in a Landscape by Pieter Casteels (Antwerp 1684 – Richmond 1749), signed and dated, bottom mid-right : P.Casteels [P and C interlaced] F[eci]t / 1722. Peacocks, a white pheasant, doves and poultry beside a ballustrade, with two classical temples in distance.
Provenance
Attingham collection. 1913 Inventory p.64; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Credit line
Attingham Park, The Berwick Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
P.Casteels F./17(?)22 (signed and dated) On reverse of canvas: 56 On stretcher (middle vertical): ATTINGHAM ATT/P/51 On stretcher (bottom): ATT/P/051 On reverse of frame (top): 30 On reverse of frame (bottom): ATTINGHAM ATT/PF/51 On reverse of frame (bottom): ATT/PF/051
Makers and roles
Pieter Casteels (Antwerp 1684 – Richmond 1749), artist