James Hamilton Still-life Dated 1695

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.