James Hamilton
Biography
Born
about 1640
Died
about 1720
James Hamilton was born around 1640. He was a painter of still life and flowers. Having settled in Brussels, he later moved to Germany. Both his sons and his grandsons continued to paint subjects of the same type, also hunting trophies and animals. In Brussels the family adopted the name De Hamilton and in Germany von Hamilton. Their work is known in Vienna. James Hamilton died around 1720.