Scottish painter, born in Brussels, the son of the Scottish still-life painter James Hamilton. He had two brothers, also painters: Karl Wilhelm, called Thistle Hamilton, and Johann Georg. From 1705 he was court painter in Vienna at the court of Emperor Joseph I and his successor Charles VI, and finally of Charles VI's daughter, the Empress Maria Theresa. //
Category | Artists |
Artists by letter | H |
Artist nationality | Scottish |