Johann Georg de Hamilton
Johann Georg de Hamilton (1672 – 1737), was an 18th-century painter from the Southern Netherlands active in Austria.
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Johann Georg de Hamilton
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- Name
- Johann Georg de Hamilton
- Born
- 1672
- Died
- 1737
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- painting
- Languages
- Dutch
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Johann Georg de Hamilton (1672 – 1737), was an 18th-century painter from the Southern Netherlands active in Austria.
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The recorded working language is Dutch. The field of work recorded is painting. Places of work recorded in the authority are Brussels, Vienna and Berlin. Positions recorded include court painter. Work by Johann Georg de Hamilton is recorded in the collections of Belvedere, National Gallery of Canada, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Slovak National Gallery and Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.
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Key facts
• Name — Johann Georg de Hamilton • Born — 1672 • Died — 1737 • Father — James de Hamilton • Relatives — Philipp Ferdinand de Hamilton and Karl Wilhelm de Hamilton (brothers), possibly cousin of Franz de Hamilton • Illustration — The Stag hunt
Biography
Biography
He was born in Munich as the son of the Scottish painter James de Hamilton, who taught him to paint. From 1689 he was court painter in Vienna, then after that he moved to Berlin, but after 1718 he was back in Vienna. He is known for hunting scenes like his brother Philipp Ferdinand.
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1672
Johann Georg de Hamilton was born on 1 January 1672.
1737
Johann Georg de Hamilton died on 3 January 1737.
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- 1.Ourodová-Hronková, Ludmila. Johann Georg de Hamilton (1672-1737) : malíř zvířat a lidí. Národní památkový ústav. 51. 2015. 978-80-85033-66-3.
- 2.Hubert Janitschek: Geschichte der Deutschen Malerei. 1890, Reprint beim Salzwasser Verlag, Paderborn 2012, ISBN 978-3-86444-207-0, S. 574 (online)
- 3.Friedrich Faber (Hrsg.): Conversations-Lexicon für Bildende Kunst. Sechster Band. Rengersche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1853, S. 390 (online)
- 4.Johann Samuel Ersch, Johann Gottfried Gruber, Johann Georg Heinrich Hassel, Wilhelm Müller, Andreas Gottlieb Hoffmann, August Leskien: Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste. Zweite Section H–N. Verlag von Johann Friedrich Glebitsch, Leipzig 1828, S. 18 (online)
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