Gavin Hamilton

1723–1798 · Kingdom of Great Britain · Neoclassicism

Gavin Hamilton (1723 – 4 January 1798) was a Scottish neoclassical history painter, who is more widely remembered for his searches for antiquities in the neighbourhood of Rome. These roles in combination made him an arbiter of neoclassical taste. Wikipedia

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“Agrippina Landing at Brindisium with the Ashes of Germanicus”, 1772 — Tate
“James Dawkins and Robert Wood Discovering the Ruins of Palmyra”, 1758 — National Galleries of Scotland
“Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus”, 1761 — National Galleries of Scotland
“The Death of Lucretia”, 1765 — Yale Center for British Art
“Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton (later Duchess of Argyll), 1733 - 1790. Famous beauty”, 1752 — National Galleries of Scotland
“Portrait of Emma Hamilton as a Sibyl”, 1789
“Priam Pleading with Achilles for the Body of Hector”, 1775 — Tate
“Venus Presenting Helen to Paris”, 1777 — Louvre
“Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and later Duchess of Argyll, 1733 - 1790”, 1752 — National Galleries of Scotland
“Andromache Bewailing the Death of Hector”, 1759 — National Galleries of Scotland
“Thomas Keymer of Kidwelly (1722-1784) ), à la chinoise”, 1754 — National Trust
“Venus ushering Helen to Paris”, 1757 — National Trust
“Cleopatra”, 1767 — Detroit Institute of Arts
“William Hamilton of Bangour, 1704 - 1754. Poet”, 1748 — National Galleries of Scotland
“Juno and Jupiter”, 1770
“Andromache Mourning the Death of Hector”, 1761 — Yale Center for British Art
“Classical Composition” — Yale Center for British Art
“Hebe Giving Drink to the Eagle of Jupiter”, 1767 — Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
“Apollo and Artemis”, 1770 — Glasgow Museums Resource Centre
“Hector's Farewell to Andromache”, 1775 — Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery
“The Abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots” — Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery

Gavin Hamilton

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