Carl Wilhelm de Hamilton
A pair of lizard studies
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Carl Wilhelm de Hamilton
Brussels 1668–1754 Augsburg
A pair of lizard studies
a) bears numbering in pencil on the verso, centre: 16 and remnants of a cut off inscription, lower left, unintelligible;
b) bears numbering in pencil on the verso, centre: 15 and lower left: 189, as well as remnants of a cut off inscription: ...LMM
both gouache and watercolour on vellum
a) 109 by 195 mm
b) 113 by 195 mm
(2)
Best known for his sottobosco (forest-floor) still lives, depicting small animals and dense undergrowth, Carl Wilhelm de Hamilton was a prominent proponent of this genre - created by the Dutch painter Otto Marseus van Schrieck (1619/20-1678) around 1650 - which reflected an increasing fascination at the time for the bugs and creatures of the forest floor. De Hamilton produced a number of small studies on vellum, such as the present pair, depicting lizards, birds, butterflies, and other insects, possibly for later use in his painted compositions.
De Hamilton trained under his father, the Scottish still-life painter James de Hamilton, and likely worked at the court of Baden-Baden around the turn of the eighteenth century. He later served as court painter to Alexander Sigismund von Pfalz-Neuburg, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg (1663-1737).
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