John of Kastav (; ; ) was a 15th-century Istrian artist, a native of Kastav (Croatia).
He painted the frescoes in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Hrastovlje, which included a famous Danse Macabre.Norm Longley, The Rough Guide to Slovenia (2004), p. 189.Tomislav Vignjević, Ples smrti: prispevki k ikonografiji mrtvaškega plesa v Bermu in v Hrastovljah. Koper: Založba Annales, 2007. With summaries in Italian and English: "La danza della morte: contributi all'iconografia della danza della morte di Vermo e Cristoglie"; "The Dance of Death: contributions to the iconography of the dance of death in Beram and Hrastovlje". . Reviewed by Barbara Španjol-Pandelo in Ikon, 1 (2008), pp. 295-298. According to the inscription, which identifies the artist as magister Johannes de Castua, the frescoes were commissioned by Tomić Vrhović, the parish priest of Kubed, and completed in 1490.
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