| Karl Wilhelm de Hamilton | |
| Birth Date: | 1668 |
| Birth Place: | Brussels |
| Death Place: | Augsburg |
| Nationality: | South Netherlandish |
| Father: | James de Hamilton |
| Relatives: | Philipp Ferdinand de Hamilton and Johann Georg de Hamilton (brothers), possibly cousin of Franz de Hamilton |
Karl Wilhelm de Hamilton, also Carl Wilhelm de Hamilton, Charles William de Hamilton, or Karel-William Von Hamilton (1668 in Brussels – 23 February 1754 in Augsburg) was a painter born at the end of the Dutch Golden Age. He is best known for his ‘forest-floor’ still life landscapes, game piece still life paintings, and bird paintings.[1] [2]
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 (1672-1737) were both active in Vienna, while Karl Wilhelm worked mainly in Germany, first in Baden-Baden and later in Augsburg, 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 and Johann Jakob Schalch.
Among his most famous works are several variations on a landscape known as The Parliament of Birds, based on a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer written around 1380.
The following collections contain work(s) by Karl Wilhelm de Hamilton: