Carl Wilhelm de Hamilton - The Parliament of Birds

Karl Wilhelm de Hamilton, also Carl Wilhelm de Hamilton, Charles William de Hamilton, or Karel-William Von Hamilton (1668 in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

– 23 February 1754 in

Augsburg Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ' ...

) was a painter born at the end of the

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

. He is best known for his ‘forest-floor’ still life landscapes, game piece still life paintings, and bird paintings.

Biography

Karl Wilhelm de Hamilton was one of a large family of artists active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He was the son and pupil of Scottish still life painter James de Hamilton (c.1640-1720), who settled and worked in Brussels. His brothers Philipp Ferdinand (c.1664-1750) and

Johann Georg The German given name Johann Georg, or its variant spellings, may refer to: John George *John George, Elector of Brandenburg (1525–1598) *John George I, Elector of Saxony (1585–1656) *John George II, Elector of Saxony (1613–1680) *John Geor ...

(1672-1737) were both active in Vienna, while Karl Wilhelm worked mainly in Germany, first in

Baden-Baden Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the states of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos (river), Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the ...

and later in

, where he served as valet and court painter to Bishop Alexander Sigismund von der Pfalz-Neuburg. He was a teacher of painters Josef Franz Adolph,

Johann Elias Ridinger Johann Elias Ridinger (16 February 1698, Ulm – 10 April 1767, Augsburg) was a German Painting, painter, engraver, Drawing, draughtsman and publisher. He is considered one of the most famous German engravers of animals, particularly horses ...

and

Johann Jakob Schalch Johann Jakob Schalch (23 January 1723 – 21 August 1789) was a Swiss painter. He was a contemporary of the Swiss painters Anton Graff, Jean Preudhomme, Angelica Kauffman, Jakob Emanuel Handmann, Johann Caspar Füssli. His son Johann Heinr ...

Works

Among his most famous works are several variations on a landscape known as ''The Parliament of Birds'', based on a poem by

Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer (; – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for ''The Canterbury Tales''. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He wa ...

written around 1380.

Collections

The following collections contain work(s) by Karl Wilhelm de Hamilton: *

Fitzwilliam Museum The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge. It is located on Trumpington Street opposite Fitzwilliam Street in central Cambridge. It was founded in 1816 under the will of Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Vis ...

(Cambridge, England) * Wallraf-Richartz Museum (Cologne, Germany) * Musée des Beaux-Arts (Dijon, France) * Staatliche Kunsthalle (Karlsruhe, Germany) * Musée des Beaux-Arts (Lyon, France) * Staatsgalerie (Stuttgart, Germany) *

Finnish National Gallery Finnish National Gallery ( fi, Suomen Kansallisgalleria, sv, Finlands Nationalgalleri) is the largest art museum institution of Finland. It consists of the Ateneum, an art museum; Kiasma, a contemporary art museum; and the Sinebrychoff Art Museu ...

(Helsinki, Finland)

References

External links

RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History database entry
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