# HAMILTON, John

[View the canonical artist record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hamilton-john-r1915d8cff5c906>)

## Artist

- Profession: painter
- School: Scottish

## Biography

John \(Johann\) Hamilton, Scottish painter, part of a family of court painters who specialized in still-life and animal scenes and worked in many prominent European courts, including that of Charles V and the House of Liechtenstein. He was the son of Philipp Ferdinand de Hamilton.

## Related artworks

- [A Lion and a Tiger](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hamilton-john-r1915d8cff5c906/a-lion-and-a-tiger-rabbbc5d4b7c868>)
- [A Tigress with her Cubs Threatened by a Crocodile](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hamilton-john-r1915d8cff5c906/a-tigress-with-her-cubs-threatened-by-a-crocodile-r2b18835ba52c85>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)