# HAMILTON, Philipp Ferdinand de

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## Artist

- Lifespan: 1664–1750
- Profession: painter
- School: Scottish

## Biography

Scottish painter, born in Brussels, the son of the Scottish still-life painter James Hamilton. He had two brothers, also painters: Karl Wilhelm, called Thistle Hamilton, and Johann Georg. From 1705 he was court painter in Vienna at the court of Emperor Joseph I and his successor Charles VI, and finally of Charles VI&#39;s daughter, the Empress Maria Theresa.

## Related artworks

- [Dead Game](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hamilton-philipp-ferdinand-de-rb78d741e1ed934/dead-game-rea42ae0c4dd72b>)
- [Fox in the Courtyard](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hamilton-philipp-ferdinand-de-rb78d741e1ed934/fox-in-the-courtyard-r6054c59d88e3d0>)
- [Oriental Pheasants by a Pond in a Wooded Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hamilton-philipp-ferdinand-de-rb78d741e1ed934/oriental-pheasants-by-a-pond-in-a-wooded-landscape-r46b2c7e8de4cca>)

## Attribution

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