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Qualifications
painter, decorative painter (of interiors), copyist, draftsperson, etcher, painting collector
copied and imitated works by other masters, such as Teniers, G. Courtois (Thieme/Becker 1939), Jan Baptist van der Meiren and Philips Wouwerman. His patrons were, amongst others, the Duke of Devonshire and William Byron (Von Wurzbach 1910), also Duke of Kingston and the dukes of Somerset (Saur 2020).
Nationality/school
South Netherlandish, English
Born
Antwerp (city) 1684
Deceased
Norton (Suffolk) 1734-11-30
died of asthma; buried 5 December 1734 in Stowlangtoft/Suffolk
Family relationships
this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).
brother-in-law of Peter Casteels III (1684-1749)
See also
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Biographical information
Education
Kneller's Academy (Londen)
from 1711 on
Active in
  • Antwerpen (stad) 1705 - 1708
  • Londen (Engeland) 1708 - 1711
    travelled in 1708 with his brother-in-law Peter Casteels III to England and lived there unitll his death
  • Northamptonshire (graafschap) 1721 - 1724
    In 1721-24 he traveled the county of Northamptonshire, partly in the summer months partly together with the archaeologist John Bridges (†1724): over 200 topograpgical views were created for a work of tables that was not published until seventy years later (Saur 2020).
  • Norton 1734
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Subjects
This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.
conversation piece, animal painting (genre), hunting scene, game piece (still life), fruit piece, flower piece, landscape (genre), portrait, still life, topography, battle
landscapes with figures and animals in Brussels and Cambridge; that Tillemans painted still lifes is apparent from the sales catalog of the collection of a Tillemans, possibly a descendant, in London on 10 May 1763, including a flower still life with a parrot; a sale in London on 26 March 1711 mentions a fruit still life; a signed early still life with dogs and loot appeared on the art market and at a Christie's sale on Oct. 22. 1982(Willigen/Meijer 2003)
Medium/technique
oil paint
Creation date: 1992-01-26; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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