Pauwels Casteels

[3] Casteels' works were distributed by the Antwerp art dealers Forchondt who traded artworks throughout Europe.

The son of the founder of the Forchondt firm who was living in Vienna specifically requested for small and large-scale battle scenes by Paul and that of another battle painter called Alexander Casteels the Elder, possibly a family member, to be sent to Vienna as there was a strong demand for their battle scenes in Central and Eastern Europe.

[2] Casteels was a versatile painter who painted cavalry battles and scenes with mythological, historical and biblical stories.

[2] His historical and mythological scenes often depicted bacchanalia and sea triumphs.

The figures in these compositions are individualised thus luring the viewer into the details of the scene.