Forest Floor with a Snake, a Lizard, a Snail and Insects
Charles William de Hamilton Brüssel 1668 - Augsburg 1754
Lot-No. 368
Oil/wood, 41 x 28,5 cm, min. rest. - Animal a. still life painter from a family of artists. H. was painter to the court of the prince-bishop of Augsburg a. to the court of Baden-Baden. Like O. M. van Schrieck a. E. van den Broeck he specialized in forest floor still lifes with reptils, amphibians a. insects, but painted also birds a. horses. - Mus.: Cologne (Wallraf Richartz Mus.), Frankfurt (Städel), Schwerin, Dijon, Riga a. others. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
Charles William de Hamilton: Forest Floor with a Snake, a Lizard, a Snail and Insects
Charles William de Hamilton Brüssel 1668 - Augsburg 1754
Forest Floor with a Snake, a Lizard, a Snail and Insects
Lot-No. 368
Oil/wood, 41 x 28,5 cm, min. rest. - Animal a. still life painter from a family of artists. H. was painter to the court of the prince-bishop of Augsburg a. to the court of Baden-Baden. Like O. M. van Schrieck a. E. van den Broeck he specialized in forest floor still lifes with reptils, amphibians a. insects, but painted also birds a. horses. - Mus.: Cologne (Wallraf Richartz Mus.), Frankfurt (Städel), Schwerin, Dijon, Riga a. others. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.