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Casteels was a versatile painter who painted cavalry battles and scenes with mythological, historical and biblical stories. His historical and mythological scenes often depicted bacchanalia and sea triumphs. He usually painted on large canvases. His works have at times been attributed to other
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who traded artworks throughout Europe. The son of the founder of the
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His battle scenes were very popular in
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Casteels' works were distributed by the
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